My kid isn't a snuggler. I wish he would sit on my lap for longer than three minutes (or the duration of a Beyonce video on Youtube) and give me big extended hugs, but he's just not that guy. He has been go-go-go for as long as it's been physically possible for him to be so. For me, it's a loop of pride (my son is independent!) and sadness (the growing up really does start right away.)

But then I also then think about all the things that he does do, like:

• Lie beside me when I pretend to fall asleep on the floor (the one game that nobody in my house gets sick of)
  
  
• Give me high fives while yelling "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"
  
  
• Push the dots on my socks while going "Boop. Boop."
  
  
• Helpfully remove blocks from the top of my head when they somehow get up there

• Shake my hand while I say "Nice to meet you!"
  
  
• Give drive-by kisses while going "Mwah!!"

So I basically have nothing to feel bad about. Moms be feeling sad for weird reasons. Moms.