Hold and Kiss Them, It Is Almost Too Late
As I quietly pace into their room I know I am in for another dose of heavy heartedness. You know when you sneak a peek at their innocent faces, and their minds are dreaming of things we adults have left in our past, you will once again be overcome with emotion. A love deeper than any can imagine.
A love that only a parent knows.
It is unfortunate that you can not bottle this up and release it when you are at the end of your patience. It would be great to let it flow so that you do not raise your voice and speak sternly to them.
Just this time.
You want to be able to grab that feeling and cap it so that once a day you can release it when needed.
Children are not only innocent when they sleep but it is at this moment when all is quiet and the world is still when your daily regrets break in. Your missed opportunity for hugs and snugs.
Why did I get upset about that? Why did I not spend more time explaining this? Why...?
Every day you promise yourself that you will be a better parent tomorrow. You truly mean this.
Maybe you are.
It never feels like you are good enough though. You never feel like what you can give them is what they deserve.
As parents we never give up trying. There is nobody in this world that can love your kids like you do. There is also nobody in this world that will ever love them enough.
Every little moment of pain for them is like a dagger to your heart.
Please do not let anything bad happen to them today.
This is the small little hope, the small little prayer, we say to ourselves every time they are exposed to the outside world. Protect their little hearts because any pain it feels is magnified in our own. The time the teacher said that their artistic heart was not correct, the time they started questioning mortality, the time they felt they were not good enough.
For these reasons we need to hold and kiss them. Let them know we love them. Let them know they are not alone in this world.
Time is running out though.
The moment our babies were born the clock started ticking and it has accelerated every year to where they are approaching an age where they will want to be independent. Where they will start needing us less
and we will start needing them more.
Hold and kiss those little ones. For no matter how old they are,
it is almost time to let them go.
A love that only a parent knows.
It is unfortunate that you can not bottle this up and release it when you are at the end of your patience. It would be great to let it flow so that you do not raise your voice and speak sternly to them.
Just this time.
You want to be able to grab that feeling and cap it so that once a day you can release it when needed.
Children are not only innocent when they sleep but it is at this moment when all is quiet and the world is still when your daily regrets break in. Your missed opportunity for hugs and snugs.
Why did I get upset about that? Why did I not spend more time explaining this? Why...?
Every day you promise yourself that you will be a better parent tomorrow. You truly mean this.
Maybe you are.
It never feels like you are good enough though. You never feel like what you can give them is what they deserve.
As parents we never give up trying. There is nobody in this world that can love your kids like you do. There is also nobody in this world that will ever love them enough.
Every little moment of pain for them is like a dagger to your heart.
Please do not let anything bad happen to them today.
This is the small little hope, the small little prayer, we say to ourselves every time they are exposed to the outside world. Protect their little hearts because any pain it feels is magnified in our own. The time the teacher said that their artistic heart was not correct, the time they started questioning mortality, the time they felt they were not good enough.
For these reasons we need to hold and kiss them. Let them know we love them. Let them know they are not alone in this world.
Time is running out though.
The moment our babies were born the clock started ticking and it has accelerated every year to where they are approaching an age where they will want to be independent. Where they will start needing us less
and we will start needing them more.
Hold and kiss those little ones. For no matter how old they are,
it is almost time to let them go.
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