sometimes a dog bop gets thirsty

see this magical concoction?

this is dog bop's water.  dog bop is will's most special, treasured, precious, stuffed animal/blanky creature.  dog bop sleeps with will every night and has existed since the beginning of time and holds a sacred place in my boy's sensitive and open heart.  and sometimes, apparently, dog bop gets thirsty.

we realized dog bop was thirsty on thursday, when instead of the usual trip to the park or children's museum or errand or play date, we decided to just stay home.  in truth, it was because i was too tired to do anything else, and the compulsion to "get out! get out!" wasn't strong enough to fight my extreme exhaustion.  thank goodness we did stay home, because otherwise we might never have realized 

dog bop needed a drink.

we began with a clear plastic cup, which we decorated with a few choice stickers, and, over the course of an hour, added several magical ingredients that we knew dog bop would love, including oranges and strawberries and corn and broccoli and water and some unspecified mystical gray goo.  when we finally went to give dop bop his first sip, will whispered in the sweetest, most serious little boy voice, 

"dog bop, mommy and i worked very hard on this water for you."  

at that moment my heart exploded and i melted into a puddle of love and gratefulness for that little boy and the time i get to spend with him. for the first time in a long while, i let myself float.  

i let all of it be.  

sometimes, you need to allow for nothingness.  

sometimes, that's where the greatest somethings come from.  

thanks for the reminder, little boy.  i needed it.