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Dear God, Help Me Cherish These Little Years

In these little years, time goes by so fast. The hours, though, have a way of dragging on. Sometimes, I forget to take mental pictures, to…

I wish I could freeze this moment and live it for the rest of time. You are so pure, so curious, so full of wonder. You should never have to change.…

It’s the end of the day, and we are both tired. We are both needing our time to unwind from the business of the day. For me, it is my adult time. A…

“She’s too little to be a minnow,” they told me as I went to put my daughter in her swimming group at the pool. “This class…

My sweet baby May, As I rock you to sleep, I feel your soft, still squishy cheek pressed against my chest. I feel my heart beating rhythmically…

The tears marched angrily down her cheeks as she sat on the kitchen stool, wailing. “Nooooooo! I want !!!” “You want…raisins?” I…

The night before you send your kid to Kindergarten is a strange place. (This is a long one. And I’d being lying if I said I didn’t cry…

“Alexander has been in daycare for two days and he already has a runny nose, is that normal?” My coworker, a first-time dad with a 4-month-old,…

“I got you, Mommy!” You squeal as you whirl around me, grabbing my legs. Picking you up and squeezing you close I say “You’ve always got me,…

You were the baby. Our first. Our only, for a time. Until you weren’t. Until another came along. And then, just like that, you were big. So big.…

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