I am sitting here in bed, sick little Hadley is passed out on the floor next to me, and Madeline is cuddled up on my right. We are watching Blues Clues for the 47th time today, thank you netflix for that. Bridger is asleep and Devin is working, so its pretty quiet.
Madeline and I have been having little conversations here and there about the most insignificant things, like how her pajamas are getting a little small to stories about school and who is nice/mean, and then onto questions about why snow is cold and the sun is hot but not in the winter. Our latest conversation went something like this...
Me: Madeline, I'm so glad you're in our family. You're my favorite Madeline ever, you know that?
Madeline: {smiles and throws herself in top of me for a hug} Can we be best friends forever mom?! You, and me, and Hadley...all the girls...can just be the bestest friends ever! Okay mom? Okay?!?
Me: {speechless, my heart is melted}
I can't help but feel an overwhelming amount of gratitude for that sweet girl and her siblings. I am truly blessed beyond measure and I don't know how I would live without my kids. My heavenly father must love me an awful lot to give me these children and its humbling to think that he had enough trust in me to send them to our family. I hope I'm doing an okay job. We all know that kids have their moments and make us totally crazy and obviously I get frazzled by their chaos..I mean seriously, wasn't I just pulling my hair out a few hours ago?!? I want to be better at handling that and spend more time appreciating their cuteness. They're going to be teenagers and hating my guts before I know it and I just want to hang onto their sweetness a little longer. Maybe that'll be my new years resolution this year.
All I know is that right now, Madeline is my best friend and I wouldn't trade that for the world. I'm so thankful for little moments like this to remind me that my role as a mother is valued and important. Even if it's only important to my three little monsters, that's enough for me.
Madeline and I have been having little conversations here and there about the most insignificant things, like how her pajamas are getting a little small to stories about school and who is nice/mean, and then onto questions about why snow is cold and the sun is hot but not in the winter. Our latest conversation went something like this...
Me: Madeline, I'm so glad you're in our family. You're my favorite Madeline ever, you know that?
Madeline: {smiles and throws herself in top of me for a hug} Can we be best friends forever mom?! You, and me, and Hadley...all the girls...can just be the bestest friends ever! Okay mom? Okay?!?
Me: {speechless, my heart is melted}
I can't help but feel an overwhelming amount of gratitude for that sweet girl and her siblings. I am truly blessed beyond measure and I don't know how I would live without my kids. My heavenly father must love me an awful lot to give me these children and its humbling to think that he had enough trust in me to send them to our family. I hope I'm doing an okay job. We all know that kids have their moments and make us totally crazy and obviously I get frazzled by their chaos..I mean seriously, wasn't I just pulling my hair out a few hours ago?!? I want to be better at handling that and spend more time appreciating their cuteness. They're going to be teenagers and hating my guts before I know it and I just want to hang onto their sweetness a little longer. Maybe that'll be my new years resolution this year.
All I know is that right now, Madeline is my best friend and I wouldn't trade that for the world. I'm so thankful for little moments like this to remind me that my role as a mother is valued and important. Even if it's only important to my three little monsters, that's enough for me.
3 comments:
Darci-- your kids are too adorable! I love reading your blog so much!
was matix nice/mean??? haha
my heart melts ALL over your blog, all the time. I'm so grateful for these small moments; makes the awful ones so worth it! I've been having those "never ceasing disasters" - you know, one right after the other, after the other, after the other, and then it turns around cause Mont just happens to fall onto my leg giving me a bear hug and saying something sweet to Emmy.. then Emmy giving me a huge toothy grin with the throw up still on her face. Thank heavens for moms like you. Who take the time to blog about it and make all of us moms realize that there are so many more sweet moments there, we just need to open our eyes wider. ;) I just love this post. :)
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