Sunday, January 16, 2011

Naked In The Garden

Last night I was helping my son get ready for bed. He had decided on wearing his Sponge Bob pajamas, and I was looking for the top to go with the bottoms. Having finally found what I was looking for, I turned around. Clothes strewn around his feet, Zane was standing in the doorway of his room, completely naked, his hands on his hips in the classic Superman pose.

"I'm NAKED!!!" He announced proudly, and I had to smile. He was so very happy about being naked. I reflected that most children his age are perfectly happy being in the altogether, and most adults MY age are not. That very awesome joyfulness at just BEING that all little kids have goes away somewhere, and most of us never get that back. That's kind of sad.

Not that I really WANT to see a bunch of people my age running around naked. Ew. If I were to show my own pale backside in public, a dude named Ahab would certainly show up! But it would be nice if more adults could just be who they are in the proverbial garden without worrying about whether they are missing their fig leaf.

10 comments:

  1. New follower.
    That is a cute story. You have to love the innocence of a child!
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  3. Hi! I noticed you linked up on the Let's Get Social Blog hop, yet you do not have the button or a blog post as requested to link up. Could you please add the post. Once you do I will gladly follow you.

    Brandi
    www.fivemonkies.com

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  4. Thanks for stopping by Lavender Clouds! Funny writing :) Have a great rest of your weekend!

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  7. Newest follower from the sunday blog hop. Love the story!!
    would love for you to follow back
    Have a great sunday!!!

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  8. Hello! Thanks for linking up for Let's Get Social! I'm already following you. Hope you'll join us next week too!

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  9. There is NOTHING my kids like better than being naked. It's actually starting to be a bit of a problem :)

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  10. Hi, found you on a blog hop--I would love to be able to return to that garden but alas-----gravity has taken over!!
    Won't you come visit my blog?

    Michele aka MikiHope
    www.mikihope.com
    www.mikishope.com

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