It’s funny how we often forget our needs as humans. As adults we forget that we still need to be held by the people we love. As a mom, wife, daughter, sister, friend, photographer, etc. I to often get wrapped up in the day to day tasks of it all that I neglect this important need for touch. Sadly, on many occasions I actually reject it when it’s offered to me. When this happens, connections are broken down and relationships suffer. But, everyday for the past 3 weeks I have been reminded of how deep this need is within myself. This need to not forget the importance of holding our loved ones and allowing them to hold us. Charlie reminds me daily and does not let me forget. Each day, about 10 times a day, he comes over to me and says, “hold me.” He lifts up his little arms, stretches them high into the air and reaches for me to hold him. 10 times or more a day this happens! It makes me think… wow, is being held that important that we need it 10 or more times a day? Charlie is smart… at 1 years old he knows this need and he is not afraid to ask me to meet it for him. As adults, we fear asking for what we need. Why? We are scared. We think that maybe our needs will get rejected. But, what if they are not? What if… when you asked for what you needed it was met with open arms and love? It’s scary, but if it doesn’t work… guess what? We are no where different from where we already have been. I hope to one day to be as brave and as smart as Charlie.
Hold me
