Today, When You Needed Mommy

Today, I read a beautiful blog post titled “Instead I Held You.” It really is a sweet and gentle reminder to stop and savor the sweet moments with our little ones. But, as a mother of an almost 5 year old and 6 1/2 year old, my little ones aren’t falling asleep in my arms too often any more, and I don’t need the reminder to stop cleaning as they fall asleep in my arms, because it happens so rarely I recognize it as a treasure.

But, as my kids have gotten older, and necessarily branch away from me so they can become their own independent and capable selves, I realize the sentiment holds, but it goes maybe like this…


Sarah Odell
Sarah Odell
Sarah Odell is a part-time work-from-home mother of two, speaker, and writer living and working in Seattle, Washington. Before moving to Seattle, the Odell family lived in Nairobi, Kenya, where Sarah was raised prior to moving to LA for University. Sarah blogs at allsarahdoes.blogspot.com, preaches and speaks at Bethany Community Church, and spends her free time sipping a cup of tea and watching her chickens out the kitchen window.

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