Tonight I read a blog entry about being a mother/having babies. My thought was that it would be another sappy mommy moment where I shed a few tears, but I swear this writer went into my brain, at this very moment in my life and stole my words! So boy, did it hit home. Here's just a snapshot of her post on her family's completion:
"And yet there is The Ache.
Always The Ache, right underneath my lungs, in the pit of my gut, the ache of what that means and the grief of moving on, of love, of knowing: No more babies. No more nursing quietly in the night. No more flour sack of milk-drunk baby bliss. No more gummy smiles. No more tiny diapers. No more baby clothes. No more crib. No more baby wearing. No more new baby smell. No more of the millions of moments that knit your heart so completely to another small soul."
http://sarahbessey.com/learning-live-ache/
Wow! Maybe I read because I like to soak up knowledge. Yes, on some days. Some days it's because I'm bored. But on some days, like this day, if I wouldn't have taken the 5 minutes to read this little gem, I wouldn't have been reminded to soak it in, one day at a time. This season will change. Soak in the next one. It will go by fast. I have taken notice of older women telling me lately what a wonderful time this is in my life. Maybe they did before, too, and I wasn't listening. Now I'm listening. At first it worried me that maybe they were implying that it's the best time & it won't be this good again. Now I don't worry about that. Now I know that they just mean the seasons of life do change. Enjoy them. I will miss them when they're gone, but if I enjoy every single moment, I will have all those memories to share in the next season. I'm glad we made the decision to spread our children out. They're currently in 3 different seasons. I'm lucky enough to have that school ager, the preschooler, and the infant. All filling my heart with different experiences, and it will continue to be that way throughout our lives. Feeling blessed!
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