But instead I held you.
I was going to carry you upstairs and lay you down as I was pretty certain you wouldn’t awake if I did. Maybe you would have been more comfortable in your bed?
But instead I held you.
You see, your little legs are already bunched up on the chair as it seems like it was just yesterday that your tiny toes were still resting upon my stomach.
Your tiny breaths and sweet hands fell so perfectly around me, yet soon you will prefer to stretch out in your own toddler bed.
It turns out that my plans for this time weren’t going to accomplish what I have right here in my arms.
I found my calm and the peace and the satisfaction right here, right now, because of one simple choice…
Instead, I held you.
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