Saturday, 04 July 2009

• I Love You, Mommy

   by Mama Bee

  
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  Every morning I tell my kids I love them. Every night I tell them I love them. At least 10 times throughout the day, I tell them I love them. This morning we woke up, got ready and headed out the door at 9am. I had so much to do in very little time so we rushed out to get everything done.

  "Mommy, I love you," my daughter tells me in the car on our way to Target.

  "Mommy, I love you," my sons tell me while at their swim.

  They proceeded to tell me it all day throughout the day.

  It seemed that they were saying it a lot to me so I asked, "What's gotten into y'all. You never say I love you this much.
  

  "You always say it to us so we want to say it back. It feels good, don't it?" he pauses. "Doesn't it?" he smiles.

  "It does. Thank you."

  "We just," my youngest son says but is swiftly interrupted by his overbearing brother.

  "We just want to make you feel as good as you make us, Mom. Thank you for taking us to swim, to practice, cooking us our food and doing everything all the time." My oldest says.

  "Yeah!" chimes in the girl.

  "And we're going to tell Daddy that, too. You and Daddy are the best mommy and daddy in the whole wide universe and world. We love you to the moon and back and around the block," says my youngest.

  I've smiled all day.

  Lately, I've felt just....tired. My husband works some nights until 9, trying to get as many hours in to give our children and me the best life possible. To pay for swim, to pay for fun time, to pay for schooling and food and a roof over our head. As much as I know he does and how tired he gets, he still gets up every morning and does it again and sometimes, I just don't have the energy that he does. My graves is acting up which means I'm even more tired.
  

  Some nights, I don't want to make dinner. I'd rather stop at Mc Donald's, but I push through to make sure they are eating the way they should. I sometimes just feel like JUST a short order cook and driver, like I'm always doing everything for my kids and that they are going to grow expecting that all the time all the while taking for granted what we do for them.

  But I was shown today that they do appreciate all that their daddy and I do for them, that when I tell them I love them, it doesn't get old, but it means something to them. That all the hugs and kisses don't go unnoticed. That the times I'm on the go all day, they see that and they can smile and think "I had a great childhood because of my mom and dad. They did all they could to give it to me."

  Today, my kids made me feel like a million dollars.

  What are some things that your kids do that just give you the warm and fuzzies?

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