I find ways to connect with my children every day.
I appreciate the simple things that my children and I do together.
I am grateful for my children just as they are.
What's the best part of being a mom for you?
from "Moms to Moms" by Barbara Joy
The best part of being a mom is hugging my kids and letting them know that I love them. My boys are almost two-and-a-half, and they are just getting the concept of "kissing" down (instead of "come here Momma and let me slobber all over your face"). It's so wonderful to see their little eyes squinch (yes, that's a word) shut and their lips pucker up when I ask for a kiss.
My daughter is five. She still loves hugs and kisses, but on her own terms. Lately "her own terms" involve sleeping with me on the couch. On top of me. All 40-something pounds of her. But I love it. I cherish these times, I know they won't last forever, and I'm pretty sure I'll blink and she'll be a teenager.
This is so different from when I was using. I still showed my kids love, of course, but I never really stopped to appreciate it the way I am now. Every day I pray to God to keep me away from a drink and a drug, then I pray that He lets me stay "in the moment" with my kids, letting me appreciate them and the time I have with them.
He hasn't let me down yet.
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