Ever feel like writing (typing) but don't what to write about? I suppose I could go into the craziness of right now - work, bible studies, cub scouts, daisies, soccer, basketball, story hours, etc. Although RIGHT now is nice. The house is very quiet. Jack, Grace and Katie are at school. Mary is nursing. The dogs are sleeping and Daisy is off doing her cat thing. I had big plans for my hour while Mary slept. I was going to get the whole house cleaned. Well, at least on the surface :). I do realize it won't be CLEAN until all the children have moved out, and I won't trade them for one millisecond of clean. Mary woke up though. At this moment, this is what I needed. The closeness of the baby while she is still a baby. I'll blink and she'll be at school too.
Katie climbed onto my lap as we went through the dropoff line at school today. She doesn't do that every day anymore. Sometimes she wants to be the big girl who goes out her own door. Miss Independent. But today she climbed up. She snuggled into me just for a minute. Oh did I need that little cuddle from my Cuddlebug! I asked her if she could please stay little, but she said, "No, I need to go to school now." She's right, of course, she needs to go to school. To learn and to grow up and become the person God has made her to be. She did say she could schedule me in this afternoon before I leave for work. I'll take it and remember the next time I want to reschedule in order to get some chore finished that if I don't make the time, that's exactly what she'll learn - that cuddling isn't as important as cleaning or whatever other activity we have going on, and there isn't a one that actually is more important than growing and living as a family serving God!
Last night we got home late from Cub Scouts. As I was tucking the girls into bed, Katie said, "I don't need Grace's light on now. I know Jesus is here with me. He's in my heart."
3 comments:
You dpm't know how much I needed this cuddle from you! Today is a little rough - I'm OK but I had to let me afternoon class out early; having trouble breathing after 3 hours of lecture. I'm OK now - I used my portable nebulizer.
My grandchildren are undoubtedly the best gift God could have ever given me. I can't express it as well as you do. I just know they are a slice of heaven here on earth. Thank you!!!!
1-2-3
MomM
As I cried with the "Puppy Size" email you sent, I SOBBED with this! You cannot IMAGINE how much joy all the "cuddle size" from all of you mean to me. Maybe it's because of all the "cuddles" from all you "little ones" (you will ALWAYS be little ones to me) that we've all learned, as Katie so wonderfully said, that Jesue IS here -- in our hearts. SIGH!
How sweet! My dear little Kathryn! (when I asked her her name yesterday she said Katie, not Kathryn!) I love those snuggly moments. They make me not mind so much that Maria doenst want to go to bed like normal, but rather fall asleep snuggling with me instead, and then cry when I put her down if she's not totally out. Don't blink the girls are almost 1! I'm kinda sad!
Post a Comment