NASH

I have a son, a little boy who hasn't stopped growing. I love calling him my little boy, I love being able to hold his whole body in my arms. I love watching him struggle to get his thumb in his mouth. I love watching him smile at his mom. I want him to stay small.
He likes to be wrapped up with his arms tight to his body. Sometimes, for a reason unkown to me his arms seem to flail as if he feels really unstable or unsafe or something. I have learned that when he is feeling this way if I put my thumb in his hands, hold his arms and pull them close to his body he calms down and sometimes falls asleep. It’s a beautiful moment.
Watching others interact with Nash has been really cool. I am surprised by how a baby can bring out the desire to touch and hold and kiss, Nash has received so much physical touch these last twelve weeks from so many of my friends and relatives, it is a neat thing to see people who you rarely see giving affection, doing just that. I wonder when people lose that desire to hold and kiss others? If we never stopped physically showing those around us that they are loved, how would our world be different?