Last night before bed, Sofi asked me to massage her legs.
“Mami, today I sakit kaki. But I tahan. I did not cry.”
Yesterday, we spent four hours at Kiddytopia. She played the entire time. Afterwards, we went for lunch and bought groceries. Before we went, she had promised me she would not throw a tantrum from being too tired. I told her, “Remember that we are going to have fun today, ok?”.
The day before had been difficult. She had spent hours at the playground near our house in the evening after swimming earlier that morning. Maybe she was also overwhelmed from being in kampung for almost a week. That night, she cried and complained that her legs hurt so much from all the activities. She refused dinner, refused everything, and only wanted to sleep.
So when she said she wanted to go to Kiddytopia the next day, I was surprised. I thought she would want to stay home and recharge. But we went anyway, because she was being so nice about not wanting to ask me for anything. But 4 hours.
She endured the pain and did not complain because she had promised she wouldn’t. Even though I knew how exhausted she must have been. Even though there were little lebam-lebam on her legs from falling while playing at the indoor playground. Even though I knew she was famished because we had delayed lunch far beyond her usual time. Even though she had to do more walking to buy groceries afterwards.
Before we left, I told her, “This is your choice, so you kenot ngada2 afterwards, okay?”
And she did.
She endured the pain, hunger and exhaustion, by choice. Not even one complaint.
At the end of the day, she looked at me and said, “I had so much fun today, Mami. Tq Mami,” before giving me sweet little kissus.
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If they wanted to, they would.
And if you say you would do something, do it. Easy math, even a 6 year old understands that.
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