The Shape of Love

    

       Yesterday I took Ethan to Chuck E Cheez  because he had 10 dollars that he was dying to turn into tokens.  It was a fun mother/son trip.  We pretty much had the whole place to ourselves.  I ate my smuggled in salad while Ethan played a driving car arcade game.  Lunch finished I joined him making the rounds of all the games.  Ethan was in kid heaven.  He earned 85 tickets which got him an airhead and a medium size tootsie roll.

     Later that day he asked me what my favorite shape was.  I knew my clever answer of "A heart, because I love you so much", would put his circle or square to shame.  But he came right back at me with "My favorite shape is Mommy", and right then & there my heart broke.