Moments Frozen in Time.

One night, when Lily was two years old, we played hide and seek. I hid in my bedroom, under the bed. She came tromping into the room, stood still for a moment, swiveled her head back and forth and then stumped, she uttered, "they hide so good."

My mind swelled with this new discovery that Lily was a person. No longer a baby, or a blob, but a bonafide human being with a mind and conscious thoughts. She was not parroting something she heard us say to her. She was not responding to a question directed at her. She was drawing her own conclusion about the situation.

I lay frozen in my hiding place, marveling at this creature, this sentient being that was my child - a baby blob no longer.