I'm not being stoic. I'm adult enough to admit I did have the polar opposite of stoic when I left because I was trying too hard to be perfect and calm and patient, but that was then and this is now.
Besides. He's small and adorable and I can tell him stories and we can play city-wide tag together, this is one of those 'appreciate it before they grow up' moments! There's enough pictures of it at this point to make some sort of embarrassing scrapbook that we can pull out and giggle over at every Hyperion holiday party from now on.
I appreciate the concern, Faith. It means a lot to me. But my place is here, with my husband, no matter how childlike and tiny he happens to be at the time.