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Pardon me while I go down memory lane just for a little bit, would you?
The theme for yesterday was Hands for #febphotoaday.  Even though the photo a day experience is suppose to be about taking new pictures, my mind couldn’t help but go back to when I nursed all 3 of them & I was able to hold their little itty bitty hands while we shared that precious time together.  There’s nothing like that incredible experience when a mom feeds her babies.  It will always be one of my top accomplishments on my mom resume: Was able with God’s grace to nurse exclusively my oldest for 16 month & the twins exclusively for 22 months.  Phew!  I get exhausted just thinking about it.  It was the hardest but yet the most rewarding job I have ever done.
During all of that, I got to hold their little hands 6, 7, 8,9,10 times a day sometimes for the first several months of their little lives.  Or with the twins, witness the two of them holding hands.  It still is to this day, one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen & have ever been a part of.
It’s the only time in life when you can sit still & know that nothing else matters.  Or have the best excuse to have not showered in days.  Days, I tell you.
Now it’s all changed.  Those little hands are so busy.  Playing, getting into trouble, figuring something out, beating up on each other, drawing & learning to write.  When I’m lucky enough to have one of them reach out to hold my hand, it usually has boogers on it or is so dirty it’s all I can do to race to the bathroom to wash our hands.  The journey we all takes as mothers is just an incredible mix of emotions.  I guess it’s always going to be filled with the beautiful, the good, the memories, the stickiness & the most precious time of our lives.
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Comments

  1. Beautiful. I nursed my little one for 14 months and my favorite thing was when he’d reach up his little hand to rest on my chest. Such an incredible experience despite it’s challenges and I’m so thankful I was able to do it. Such a lovely post, thanks for sharing.

  3. Yes, so very sweet.
    I’m nursing my 7 month old right now and his chubby little hand has a hold of my shirt.
    I love it when they do that!
    I need to make some baby handprints tomorrow!
    Love from,
    Greta

  4. beautiful. I am a mess when I go down memory lane – just the speed at which time takes hold of me is enough to bring me to tears – but I treasured every moment of those still moments with my little girl. We were there together in the stillness, just her and I – some of the most beautiful memories of my life.