I love little hands and feet with those crooked nails and black dirt underneath!
I love the sound they make when they pitter-patter through the house and leave little toe prints on the white tile.
I love curly heads snuggled under my chin, smelling the fruity smell of kid shampoo or the musty scent of playing hard sweat.
I love rocking and singing hymns and playing baby games and saying bedtime prayers and whispered mealtime grace.
I love how little hands try to handle big forks! And how they help to stir cake batter and little pink tongues take a quick lick when they think no one sees!
I love dishing up bowls of oatmeal with melty sugar on top and frying soft eggs to serve warm and nourishing to hungry tummies.
I love the way they curl up under their blankets at night and snore softly! And how they wake up in the morning with sparkling eyes!
I love too tight hugs from sticky little arms, wet kisses and wilted weed bouquets stuck into old mayonnaise jars.
I love washing beautiful faces and dirty feet and putting band aids on little ouchies.
I love putting clean sheets on little beds and sitting the stuffed animal in the corner.
I love to make play dough and happy birthday cakes and peanut butter bread and pour cold milk in colored cups.
I love how little boys use too much toilet paper and yet leave marks in their underwear and how they use copious amounts of soap to wash their hands and yet I hesitate to eat something they’re holding!!!
I love cool nights of sleep without the baby waking, but if the baby does wake…
I love how God thought about making coffee for moms who had to get up with the baby at night! And how he thought about starting everyone out as little people!! And I love how God thought about making Moms and I am so delighted and excited that I get to be a mom not just to my own daughter but to many others as well.
I love being a Mom not just because its Mother’s Day but because that is what God called me to be. It is what makes me totally alive in a way that nothing else does. I would not trade it for anything in the whole world.
I am trying to absorb these moments and this life because time goes by fast and little people are not little for long. And memory banks fill up and up. And love is the one memory that I pray will fill every memory…
