Delight

“I think it's worth trying to be a mother who delights in who her children are, in their knock-knock jokes and earnest questions. A mother who spends less time obsessing about what will happen, or what has happened, and more time reveling in what is.” 
― Ayelet Waldman

I am guilty of posting too many pictures of my children on facebook.  I'm guilty of talking about them too much and expecting the rest of the world to see them as the amazing little people that I see. Ayelet Waldman said it best and I agree--I WANT to be a mother who delights in who my children are. To delight in Logan's many questions about life and the world around him. To find joy in Alex's too cool/tough boy attitude that is pushed aside from time to time as he comes up to me, hugs me tightly, and says, "I love you." To delight in Kaitlyn's slobbery kisses and her curiosity about the world around her. To find joy in my boys' big, giving hearts and Kaitlyn's constant smile! I am not a fool . . . I know that parents lose their children each and every day--No one is promised tomorrow. I don't want to get so caught up in the every day routine and schedule that I forget to stop and delight in who my children are.