I left my son back home when he was still a baby - just a few months old. Since I arrived here, everytime I would call home I would ask my wife to place the phone near his ear and I would sing two songs to him - "Twinkle, twinkle little star" and "I have two hands". Always those two songs every week.
When I went home he was already running and mumbling words. And the first time he saw me at the airport he was afraid and didn't want to come to me. In the car, he was just peeking through the shoulders of the one holding him, trying to make out who the stranger is. There was feeling of frustration and disappointment that came to me over it.
That's when I started to sing the two songs. It was then that he smiled and recognized the voice he's been hearing all the past months. After the second song he sat on my lap. He almost made me cry....
He's a big boy now - almost 3 years old (old enough to go for a date with Gypsy.... hehehe).
Now everytime I call home, he is the one singing those songs to me.

By the way, Gypsy, I'm bringing my family on January... care to go for a date with my boy? (see my avatar for his pic...) hehehehe

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