The other day, walking into the kitchen, something caught my eye out the window. I stopped and peaked through the slats in the blinds and saw my son across the street photographing the flooded dock area along the river. And my heart skipped a beat.
I was not able to understand how much a parent loves their children until it happened to me. And after all the clichés and trite little quotes are listened to and dismissed, and all advice is taken and later discarded and all the bad days and the days of frustration are suffered and forgotten, being a mother to this beautiful boy and girl of mine has left me fragile and strong and terrified and fortified and humbled.
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Aw Lovely. 🙂 Takes your breath away when it hits you like this. 🙂
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It does. 🙂
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Its a lovely shot.
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My son’s self portrait.
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Beautiful. Every child deserves to be loved like that.
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You’re right. I wish every child had love in their lives.
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God bless your family. ❤️☀️
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Thank you John.
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so so lovely Sylvia – being a mother is the greatest, hardest, most wonderful, most challenging thing in the entire world, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. ❤ and then – if you are fortunate enough – you get to become a grandmother – and O M G! No words…. ❤
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I do hope I get to experience that Jodi, it really sounds quite wonderful.
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I love the photo and your words are so true.
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Wolf’s photo. 🙂
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Deeply beautiful words.
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Thank you Nicodemus.
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Very penetrating! 🙂
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🙂
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Such are the blessings of parenthood. We simply can’t help but be pulled. Wolf is a fine photographer!
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I’ll pass that on, Eliza.
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I love those times. It’s not as if we don’t know how we feel but those moments are intense, like a needle prick at the doctors. It feeds awareness.
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Yes.
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It is overwhelming and humbling, isn’t it?
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Yes, both.
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I think our lives are put into perspective and seem to have a bigger meaning because little humans start to depend us on when we have kids..there are those crazy moments but wouldn’t change it for the world❤️.
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Yes. 🙂
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amazing
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Thank you.
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How special!
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