Innocence..

It was our first snowy winter in our new home..Cookie had just turned one. Her baby babbles were turning into babbling words..so very cute, but hard to understand..With a cozy blanket cookie and myself were sitting inside our warm living room and watching the snow flurries..Suddenly we heard a puppy's yelping ..Cookie being a gentle soul, wanted to know what the puppy wanted..I told her, maybe the puppy is looking for its mommy or daddy..
Picking up her little stuffed toy, cookie ran to the bedroom, where her dad was fixing a closet door..In her very cute baby language she was explaining something to him and was pulling him out of the room.. 2 minutes later an animated cookie and her bewildered dad came out of the room seeking an interpreter..After cookie repeated her self twice, i finally got what she was saying..'puffy wa da-eee' she said..(puppy wants daddy)..I burst into a fit of laughter, before i explained it to my husband..Lovely little cookie thought he was daddy to everyone..

After some more laughs we sat down with cookie to explain to her why her daddy cannot be the puppy's dad too..

When Time stood still..

Time stood still one cold winter evening..We were on a vacation with friends..Among the waves of people and dazzling lights, the buttery smell of popping corn and the school of fish by the pond, we walked hand in hand..Cookie and myself..Just a few feet in front with camera in hand was cookie's dad and our friends..
The colorful clowns and fun shops were attractive and i stopped for a minute to look at a cute stuffed penguin, cookies favorite bird..'Look Honey, isnt that penguin cute?' i asked and turned to look at her..
It was after a minute of looking around and checking with her dad that we realized cookie was not with us..When did i let go of her hand, i wondered?

Time stood still..frozen is the term that comes to mind..everything around me was going in slow motion..Why am i not running up and down the street looking for cookie, i asked myself..I tried, but my legs wouldnt move..Everything was a stand still..I kept muttering,' where is my baby?'..My brain was slowly going into shock..The panic would follow next ..
Just then, like a miracle,there came my husband with a sobbing cookie in his arms..I pounced on him and took cookie and hugged her to no end..I never wanted to stop hugging her..Later cookie told me that my squeeze was hurting her, but she dint mind, because she was so scared to let go of me..
Once the sobbing child was consoled , i took a look at my husband..His face was as white as a sheet..He told me, that cookie was standing on a side, crying asking for her mommy and daddy, when he found her..I thought he was going to be sick..Let go home he whispered..

The rest of the day, both of us were still jumpy and i remember waking up more than once, to hold cookie's hand as she slept, just to make sure that i dint loose her again ..