My kid held the door open, eager face beaming at me. I could recognize that k was trying to impress me so that I will not leave k behind – either take k with me or drop my plans and go back to living room to play.
I know separation is hard, but I had been planning to do this for sometime and I had to do this today. If I give-in, then this could impact my day’s entire plan. I had been really looking forward to get this done today and right now is the best time. You got to do what you got to do.
I kept trying to say ‘I know dear, it is hard, I will be back in 5 mins’.
I bit my tongue, since I knew I will not be back in 5 mins and immediately corrected to say ‘I will be back soon’. There is no point is giving false promises to the kid especially if I cannot keep it. And kept saying things like, ‘I love you too, I will be back soon’ in different forms.
K did not relent, still kept the door open, smiling the sweetest smile that k knows will melt my heart and make me drop my plans.
This isn’t going to work this way. I sighed, turned my heart to stone and asked my husband to take k away. Thankfully my husband was able to pry the little hands and legs away from the door and take k away. He tried to distract k enough so I could close the door quickly and then turned back to living room to find further things to keep k engaged.
Finally with a heavy heart, I closed the bathroom door and started cleaning it. I was right, this was definitely going to take more than 5 mins.