My Little Man appears to have grown up overnight, for on this day 09-09-15 the Little Man proclaimed his intention to marry!
It was just the two of us in the car during our usual school run, when the Little Man suddenly strikes up this conversation with his beloved Mummy:
(Note that words in italics denotes the inner voice of Mummy and the Little Man)
Little Man: "Mummy, when I grow up, I want to marry you...... (Mummy is obviously taken by surprise and feels rather flattered, but before she could respond, the Little Man continued on....)..... but I cannot right, cause you are already married to Daddy, right... so I think i want to marry Su Yann Wei next time." It was as though he wanted to get it off his chest because he said the entire sentence in one huge breath!
Mummy (in shock): Huh, you are so young.... you want to get married?
LM: NO (don't be silly, Mummy!), not now, next time.
Mum: Ohh.........
Fast forward the next day, whilst on the way to kindie....
LM: Mummy, how old were you when you married Daddy?
Mum: 26 years old.
LM: Ok, next time I want to get married at 25 years old, ok?!
Mum: Huh, so young?
Silence greeted me.
Fast forward a couple of hours when I pick him up from school.... he jumps into my taxi and promptly proclaims "Mummy, today I asked Su Yann Wei already, she said ok, she will marry me!"
Mummy was left speechless.
Utterly speechless.
Just a few days after Prince Charming informs me of his marriage proposal to his classmate, the following exchange took place as I started to apply my lipstick whilst waiting for the taxi engine to warm up before zooming off to school.
Prince Charming: "Mummy, why must you always put lipstick?".
"To add some colour to my lips so that Mummy will look pretty," came my reply.
Prince Charming shot back and said"But Mummy is already so pretty!".
My heart instantly melted at that moment.
As I turned back to look at Casanova with my melted heart, he turned away shyly and half-buried his face into his lap!
Moments of such pure joy that could never be replaced with a big fat salary in the corporate pressure cooker, wouldn't you agree? I constantly remind myself of this every time i ponder whether I had made the right decision to abandon my other career and forego my pay-check. This is a long-term investment where small priceless rewards are regularly provided with the monetary returns only seen many, many, many years later.
~ Jottings from the Heart
by Little Casanova's mother.
