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Hoping we come out better and with a new perspecti

Hoping we come out better and with a new perspective.

I've disappeared a little lately, and I want to te

I've disappeared a little lately, and I want to tell you why.⁣
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Because one day last week, this little boy who I thought was still a baby walked up to me, hugged my leg, and said "Mama, I think I'm growing up too fast."⁣
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I laughed and agreed, because yah. Babies totally grow up too fast. But I had to ask Nugget why he felt that way.⁣
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He sighed and explained:⁣
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"Well, I want to sleep in your bed sometimes, but you say no because I'm a big boy now. And when I fell down you said it's okay because I'm a big boy now. And I am a good brother and I share my toys with Toodleboot and I don't push her down, because I'm a big boy now. I'm just big alllllll the time."⁣
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He groaned and shrugged as he dragged those last few words out. Apparently my son was growing tired of being a big boy. And frankly after hearing that explanation, I couldn't blame him.⁣
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"I'm sorry Nugget. That sounds hard."⁣
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He reached his hands up the way a baby does when they want to be held, so I scooped my boy up and snuggled him close, smelling the sweat in his little curls.⁣
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"Mama, I just wonder if tonight I can NOT be too big. Maybe I can be little enough to sleep in your bed."⁣
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My heart. It felt ripped out.⁣
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So, of course, we had a slumber party that night. And it was WONDERFUL.⁣
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We've spent the last week or so playing hooky from school, eating ice cream, and sleeping in the same bed. When Nugget jumps on the couch, I fuss a little less. When he falls down, I let him cry a minute. When he and his sister get in a tangle over a toy, I try not to treat him like a grade school kid. Because despite what I tell my son all the time, the truth is he isn't a "big boy".⁣
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Not yet.⁣
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And thank goodness, too, because the other truth is this: I am not ready.⁣
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Do yourselves a favor, mamas. If your oldest wants to, let them sleep in the bed tonight. If they fall down, let them cry like the children they are.⁣
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When your oldest child acts like a CHILD, don't tell them they are "BIG" in order to change their behavior.⁣
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...soon enough, they will be.⁣
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They will be.⁣
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And man, I'm not ready.⁣
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(Via @marykatherinebackstrom )

So true. This is so hard.

So true. This is so hard.

Third baby.⁣ Same old rocking chair.⁣ Third di

Third baby.⁣
Same old rocking chair.⁣
Third different view out the window.⁣
Same old made up song being hummed.⁣
Third time I have been through the newborn stage.⁣
Same Momma just a bit older now more worn into motherhood.⁣
“Third time is the charm,” they say.⁣

Maybe it’s because we finally give ourselves the grace and accept the confidence that we are doing exactly what we should be.⁣

Granting ourselves the freedom to just be in the moment.⁣

Instead of worrying about the “what if’s” or day dreaming and wishing the present away.⁣

We have learned to just be.⁣
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(Via @@NotLucky.SimplyBlessed )

Oh, my heart.⁣ ⁣ #hervieworiginal #herviewfrom

Oh, my heart.⁣
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#hervieworiginal #herviewfromhome #motherhood #kids

It was to be 400 people gathered together with the

It was to be 400 people gathered together with them, but God had different plans.⁣⁣
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They bought their first fixer-upper home together—they planned on moving in right after the wedding.⁣⁣
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She isn't just any bride you see—she is an ER nurse who just fought a war on the Covid floor of our local hospital. She took extra shifts because she couldn't say no, working around the clock tirelessly for months. He is a police officer risking it all every day with a selfless dedication. She didn’t want to move in without being married (and goodness they just wanted to be married).⁣⁣
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In her parents backyard and with their closest family—the rain that had drenched those fields all day stopped and the skies cleared and their love was sealed in the biggest church I’ve ever seen, under the great towering sky with a steeple that led right to heaven!⁣⁣
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God’s Country, with the crops just starting to sprout up out of the ground of her family's farm, within the barn where her name was scribbled in it from her childhood, beside an arch made by her father, listening to scripture read by his father and a sunset that bursted through as if it was shouting, God is good .... "I have you covered".⁣⁣
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Our very last photo of the night was next to the fire raging on—a true depiction in image form of how they chose commitment and love within a wild fire of life. These are the stories they will tell their grandchildren. These are the stories that will love forever.⁣⁣
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Thank you for having me, I wouldn’t have missed this for the world 💛 & most of all thank you for serving our community.⁣⁣
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( Via @erinwitkowskiphoto )

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