I don’t know if this is normal or not but when I see my daughter laughing, playing, dancing or smiling like Mabel was here:
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I can feel myself naturally start to smile. My heart just feels so warm and whole. When I see my girl doing things so happily it makes me so proud. My eyes are smiling and are shiny from close to happy tears and it makes my day. Mia didn’t have any expression on her face whatsoever. It’s like she was on the bus and the driver had to stop at a zebra crossing to let someone cross when she had to be somewhere and she’s running late.
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she almost looks sad, as if to say “you take so much of my time up” or “the things I could be doing if you weren’t here”. Obviously we don’t know her thoughts and feelings but I don’t find this normal in a mother at all, especially as her life isn’t stressful where she can’t choose to take a break.