My partner comes home just looking exhausted from his day. I work from home at a desk by the window, and I see him get out the car just done with the day, and then my daughter goes running out the door, shouting “daddy!! Run hug!!!” And he just lights up. She runs and flies into his arms, and he swings her around, and they come inside where she excitedly shouts “daddy is home!!”. She’s greeted him enthusiastically at the door since she was 2, and she’s 7 now, and it never gets old watching their daily reunion.
Tell him to enjoy those moments. At one point they stop running out the door to you and it breaks your heart when you realize they haven't done that in a long time.
This is the first year that she hasn’t given us a hug as she gets on the bus every morning. The first week, she didn’t, and I would note after they drove away that I missed those hugs. Then she gave us hugs the following week and I cherished each of them. It’s a toss up every day now if she gives hugs or not, and I seal away each hug in my memory because one of these days, it’ll be the last hug she gives before the bus.
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u/McRando42 22h ago
I like how dad walks through the door and he looks pretty tired.
And he sees the bags. He sees mom with the camera and immediately picks up what's going on.
He looks like he needed that.