I hear 'taotao' 'taotao', very loudly everytime rileigh shea enters my home. She will be three on the 28th. She thinks my home is just an extension of hers. Her mother brings her down around 7:30 three mornings a week & slides her in bed beside me. We have our routine, and it is great. I guess just being taotao (my name for grandma) is my identity now....which is fine with me. We have a wonderful bond. She NEEDS me. If a particular recorded TV program she is watching goes to commercial, 'TAOTAO'!, that means she needs me 'to come in here & fast forward through this commercial'. If her juice cup is empty, 'TAOTAO'!, that means she needs me for a refill. If she drops her 'boppy', 'TAOTAO'!, that means she needs me to 'come in here & pick it up for me'........and on & on. Some days are a breeze, and some days totally exhausting. Some days I love the silence! I am amazed at how quickly the past three years have gone by & how much she changes in just a week. How her little three year old mind operates......the new words and antics that appear when I haven't seen her in a few days.
Lauren is going to be fourteen this fall, and sometimes she needs me too. Yesterday morning my phone rings around 7:30.......'taotao'?..........'yes, lauren'.......'dad is not answering the phone, & I forgot my basketball jersey, & if I don't have it, I will have to run the stairs during practice.....will you go get it out of our dryer & bring it to me @the highschool gym'? 'Okay, I'll be there in a few minutes'........
This morning I'm still sawing logs zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. It's 7:30 & the phone rings.....'hello'.........'taotao? 'yes, lauren'....'I'm sorry, but I forgot my jersey again this morning' LAUURRRRENNNNNNN!! 'I know, I'm sorry, but I was running late & almost missed my bus', she says in her most pitifull voice......'where is.......'it's in the dryer' 'okay, I'll be right there'. She needs me too!
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