Every Moment of You
“My growing up makes you sad, doesn’t it?” she asked.
“Why do you think that’s true?”
“Because you said you miss the baby me.” Her eyes searched mine, a hint of worry just beneath the surface of those sparkling sapphire pools.
“I do miss baby you, but I also love every second of big girl you, and I will love every single moment of every you there will ever be.”
Worry dissipated as she sailed, blue eyes beaming, into my arms.
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Call me crazy, but this post is pulling double-duty. Some days things come out of my head and I like what happens. Today is one of those days.
Six Sentence Stories Linkup hosted each Thursday by
Ivy Walker of Uncharted.
One Word Blog Linkup hosted each Wednesday by
Lisa of The Golden Spoons,
Janine of The Confessions of a Mommyaholic,
and Marcia of Blogitudes.
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I love this, Lisa! This is a perfect fit for #1Word today about time and happy. 🙂 And I’m also very intrigued about Six Sentence Stories. Amazing how much story can be packed into just 6 sentences. You demonstrated that perfectly via this post. So glad you linked it with both! Thank you! 🙂
Thank you, Marcia. I’m pretty happy with how this turned out – wasn’t intentional to fit both link-ups, but it works! 🙂
Six Sentence Stories is fun – you should check it out. I also love Coach Daddy’s 6 Words posts. Similar concept – answer a prompt in six words. Quite fun.
A truly glorious, very precious moment 🙂 🙂 🙂
You know it.
OHHHHH! How lovely is this!? Like tear jerking lovely! So sweet! Masterful job of capturing something so powerful in such a short little space! WHEW! WONDERFUL! I LOVE THIS !
Thanks. I didn’t think it needed any more to do it justice. Kind of perfect for this link-up.
Your six-sentence story is heart-warming and beautiful.
Thank you, Romi!
Lovely story and most definitely summed up how most parents, myself feel about our kids growing up. Thanks for linking up and joining us this week. 😉
Thanks, Janine. So hard to let them go and so exciting at the same time!
So sweet! Reminds me of that Taylor Swift song I make my daughter turn off-Never grow up. 🙂
I’ll have to check it out – don’t listen to much Taylor Swift. Thanks for the nudge to join in!
Beautiful, I remember having a very similar talk with my daughter. <3
Thank you, Kiri. These little moments pop up out of nowhere and are so startling.
Sweet and poignant. I can see the giant Zilla smile at the end.
Yup, definitely was. 🙂
So sweet! I agree – I miss my three daughters as babies and little ones, but i also love them where they are now and will always love them s they keep growing!
All true! Once my Daughter asked how I would remember her as a baby, as a little girl, etc. I assured her Moms don’t forget!
So beautiful, Lisa! Well done!
Thank you.:)
awwwww this is so nice!!! she is a big girl and a smart one!!!
Hi, Sacha. Yes, she is both of those things. She’s truly wonderful.
This is fabulous! Yikes, such an impact our words have on our children. I loved that yours made her worries melt away. And what a great idea that six sentence story linkup is. It was an honor to stop by.
It really is true, Julie. Even the smallest words that we think may not matter can be hugely significant to someone else. And for a child? Wow. This was one of those heart-stopping, breath-catching moments for me when I realized that she was worried that “big girl” somehow wasn’t good enough. I am grateful that the right words came out and she understood that no matter where she is in life, she is amazing and loved. Thanks for your very sweet comment.
Yes, as they a growing up they want to be loved for who they are then. Later as adults they wants to know what they were like as babies and children. Beautiful post.
Thanks, Old Egg. Why do you suppose that is – wanting to know what they were like as children? I suspect it has something to do with wanting to understand how they became the person they are as an adult. Or something.
And it is so true. I mourned for each passing phase, but not so long that I lost track of the current one. Each has a beauty of its own.
I love that, May – and it’s exactly the right balance. OK to mourn the passing, but don’t forget the beauty and excitement of what’s in front of us and beyond.