Me and my shadow
I have two shadows. One is tall and looks like me, the other one is really short and has a nice, round head. My little shadow follows me from the second I wake up early in the morning until around dinner time. Then sticks onto Dave for a few hours. My shadow eats meals with me, goes on every single errand with me, follows me to the shower but just stands outside because it is slightly scared of the shower. My shadows favorite thing is to pull on my arm as hard as possible and say "follow me." When my shadow is doing something naughty and knows it, it either shoots me with its arm laser or tells me to "shoo, shoo." This is the only time the shadow likes to be separated. Lately my shadow is extra clingy when it comes to sleeping. It sleeps in my bed now. After two years of my very strict no co-sleeping rules, it now sleeps with us. I always said that this would never happen and it has been going on for a couple of months. It always needs to be holding my hand while sleeping. Loves to snuggle. It is actually quite nice. I think it is maybe my favorite part of the day now.
While we were watching Peter Pan the other day, my shadow asked what was going on when Wendy was sewing Peter's shadow back on. I explained that Peter's shadow came loose and ran away from Peter. It made me realize that my shadow probably won't be stuck to me for much longer either. It will want to go off on its own too. It made me sad to think about how in 15 years (probably even a lot sooner) my mini shadow won't want to tag along with me, watch movies with me or snuggle in bed anymore. That is going to be strange. So for now, I am loving and enjoying my little shadow.
