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…