Thursday, May 01, 2008

Less Than A Week Only a few more days until I go back to work. I'm trying to process it all - to be practical about the things that need to be done. Paperwork to fill out, things to buy, prayers to be said. But deep down it just hurts. There is no other way to say it. I look at my sweet boy blissfully sleeping and I realize that it is no easier this time than it was with the first...giving up his care to someone else for part of the day. It reminds me of the fact that he is already starting to grow up so to speak, to be separate from me. I guess the day he found his thumb and started sucking it was the beginning of that process. I'm reminded of when Kayla was his age. I was feeding her one day and then rocking her to sleep when it hit me like a ton of bricks. We are constantly preparing our children to be independent enough to one day leave us. What a heart wrenching thought! I'm overwhelmed with those thoughts today. Oh I know, our children will always need us, our love, and prayers, even as adults. (In fact, I'm surprised and yet strangely comforted by how much Kayla, at almost three still wants snuggles and hugs. She may look like a big girl, but she is still a baby inside.) But the truth is that one day they will be on their own. So for the next few days I'll hold my baby boy tight and delight in his smiling face, the smell of his little head, hold onto his tight little fists, and rest in the peaceful quiet of him nursing. Hoping as he grows that he chooses me to hug and kiss him and comfort him no matter how old he is.

4 comments:

Corey~living and loving said...

I have seen so many blog posts that touch on this very concept. I have even written on of my own....and each one is special, yet so much alike. It is a hard thing to realize that things will never be the same as it is today. It will different, and good....but not the same. sigh.....
hugs from one smitten mom to the another.

Anonymous said...

Good luck with the new chapter in your life. It's really hard moving to the next chapter (I don't do well with change) but I have enjoyed each step along the way so far! ((HUGS))

Megan@SortaCrunchy said...

How are things going? Has everyone adjusted?

This letting go . . . it's so hard. I can't imagine what it will be like when they fly off from our nests.

Anonymous said...

Dude. You've left us with a cliffhanger here. We must know what happens next!