The other day I took the girls to the mall to get their pictures taken. Always a treat :) As we came out the door we were greeted with rain and the yummy smell that always accompanies it. I seriously love the smell of rain! I had the girls stop in the freezing cold rain to take a big whiff, At first they thought I was being silly (yes I am with kids ALL day and I say "silly" on a regular basis). They loved it and just giggled. We continued to hurry to the car. As we passed a flower bed full of petunias McKenna looked up at me and said, "Mommy I wish we could bottle this smell up and take it home with us." I told her what a great idea she had and tried to hustle us all to the car. As I was driving home I thought about her comment. I pictured her wet face looking up at me, her bright blues eyes, her beautiful smile and her crazy wet hair looking at me. I got so sad thinking of the fact that she won't always be my little girl. There will come a day when she wont want to hold my hand or stop in the middle of the rain to smell it with me. As the "mommy tears" started surfacing I looked back and saw McKenna happily sucking her thumb, Brynlee singing to herself, and Raigynn trying to pull her shoes and socks off (again). I realized that these are the moments that I wish could be bottled up ......
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I think this was been my first post that I actually cried while writing :) Oh the joy of motherhood!
Thankyou
I love this post!! It is so true, kids grow so fast and change every day. It time like these that make you realize what a blessing it is to me a mother!
And now you know . . . . . Mom
First time I've cried leaving a comment!
you are such a cute mom. the times we have now are going to go way to quickly!!
I feel like such a dork, I don't even have little girls and just pictured Jerick in the back of the car. I think its just the pregnancy hormones cuz I started to cry when I read your blog. OH TENDER!!!
This is the sweetest thing I have read. So nice.
How could you not love such adorable girls. I just try to cherish the little moments and forget the bad. Hopefully thats what my parents did. I sure love them with all of my heart. Isn't it wonderful to have the opportunity to be a parent.
NOW THAT A FEW DAYS HAVE PASTED
I CAN SAY HOW I MISS THOSE SPECIAL DAYS AND TIMES I WISH I COULD TURN
BACK THE CLOCK .. BOY WOULD I DI SOMETHINGS BETTER..
BOY I SOUND LIKE A DODDERING OLD
WELL YOU KNOW..
LOVE YOUR BLOG I LOOK EVERY DAY
ok, just because you post a good one you can't just stop posting!
a perfect moment documented...perfectly. don't you love when it comes full circle like that? A+ Tiff!
Thanks for sharing. I needed a little reminder this morning of how wonderful it is to be a Mommy!!!
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