This morning, I was telling one of the girls I work with about the day that Kyle stuck a K'nex piece up his nose. I remembered that I had written about it on my blog, so I brought up the website and I printed it out.
I then found myself reading some of my old stories - mostly the ones about Jacob. It's so hard for me to remember him when he was only 4. The stories I read made me remember that little boy. My big, brown-eyed, cutie. Mommy and Daddy's precious little guy. Yet, just yesterday I was signing his planner for the 3rd grade reading a note from the teacher that he had gotten in trouble at school!!
He still is the funniest kid - just like back then. He still can bring a smile to my face in an instant with his sweetness, yet he challenges me like no other child of mine can.
I just read a story about how he crawled up on my lap to give me a "huggy" one night before bed. It was July of 2004. He still hugs me before bed sometimes, but not without me having to tackle him first.
Then there was the story when he cried and didn't want his Daddy to leave for work because he was going to miss him too much - now he goes off and spends the night with his friends.
Time.
It would sure be nice to put it on "pause" once in a while - just to remember, to take a moment to relive those special times. And then let it play again so you can create some more of those moments that, as a parent, make your heart just stop.
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