Typical Day in The Heights, NYC

This has probably been what most people, including NYCity Mama, would call a typical day.  Nothing extravagant, no special excursions to report.  But for someone like Mama, every single moment, taste, smell, and sound is significant. To many she is a pretty happy person, not too difficult to get close to, personable and friendly.  But her joie de vivre came about mainly after her mother’s passing.  And though Mama misses her and wishes she were here everyday of her life, she also remembers her mother’s smile and appreciation for her children and grandchildren, her friends, music, food, travel, colors and most importantly, adventures of any kind.  Her mother had a long list of things to do, but her illness got the best of her, too sudden, too soon.

She left in Mama a strong sense of love for life, appreciation of those closest to her and around her, and a desire to make the most of every moment. The experience of having lost her Mami so suddenly, so soon, awakened in Mama the same appreciation for life that her mother had.

Thus, on this typical day Mama did nothing more than take a stroll with her boys to one of their favorite local parks, but no opportunity to laugh and love was missed.

Like when her 3.5 year old starting flirting with some high school girls taking their lunch break at the park.  Mama watched as he tried his hardest to make them laugh, insisting on swinging in the “big kid’s” swings, and not having his mother help him or come close to him even, except to console him and dry his tears when they had to leave and he was left heartbroken.

Or the moment when they both wanted to play on the tire swing, laughing so wholeheartedly with every swing and turn, that it became contagious, bringing a smile to those who walked by on the street.

Or the moment, after coming home, when Mama sat on the bathroom floor just so she could watch her boys play and listen to them as they giggled and blew bubbles at each other, cracking up each time a bubble popped on one of their heads, hand, leg, or face.

And the moment when she laid on her bed, with her babies resting by her side, and she looked at the fresh cut flowers she bought at the market, which reminded her of the sense she felt of Spring  being in the air, and the excitement of all the newness and life the season represents.

All in all, pretty typical, but for Mama, also pretty great.

 

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