As I have been potty training Ellie, it has become apparent to me that my babies and now little girls. It tugs on my heart. I miss the days when they were babies, but enjoy them now as little girls. Questioning, engaging, wondering, imagining. Ellie wants to "do it myself mommy!" How does it go by so fast without me even realizing it? I look at them and am amazed that they have grown up before my eyes, yet I feel like I have missed it somehow?? I found this poem this morning and thought it was very fitting for how I am feeling in the moment . . .
Children are the ultimate gift to two people who love each other and the ultimate inconvenience to parents that don't. There is no bigger responsibility, and yet a relationship with a child can bear the greatest rewards. Children intuitively know when they are wanted and when they are not. The way that they are raised from the cradle will affect the people they will become.There is a famous saying that children spell love T I M E. There may be many compelling reasons why you cannot be with your children but none of them can replace time.
It is gone forever.
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I know exactly what you mean- I look at Hailey and wonder "My God, how can she be 2 already???" I'm very excited to have another one in the baby stage soon and it will break my heart when she grows up too!!!
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