Living the family life

  When you were an infant, I would look around at all the house work then look at you sleeping in my arms and I would think “5 more minutes and I’ll get up”. I would sit and stare at you. It’s hard to believe that I carried you for nine months and now you’re here. I dreamed of these 5 minutes for a very long time...   You are now a toddler, you beg me for 5 more minutes so you don’t have to go to bed or help pick up toys. You either continue to play or come cuddle with me knowing that I would give you more than those 5 minutes. With housework and children, I often lose track of time.    When you are a young child whom will start school, you’ll tell me how you asked the teacher for 5 more minutes to play today. You‘ll tell me all about your day with so much enthusiasm that you make yourself excited for tomorrow. I’ll laugh and listen at all the things my baby did today just to listen to you talk. These are the times I will hold dear.   When you become a te...

My sweet loves,   Each one of you were placed in my life at a precise moment. Each of you have taught me something different. All of you have taught me that love is the most important thing in our lives.   The truth is, I love you all differently but equally. You have taught me life lessons that I didn't know I needed. You have given me the greatest gift in your own way. Watching you grow is the most exciting, scary, irritating, amazing, heartbreaking, joyous thing in life.   As your mommy/bonus mom I am not ready for you to grow. I look at you and see that little one with the thirst to learn. I do, however, want to see you grow. I want to see the amazing person that I know you'll be. I am scared because I know that life is hard and cruel at times. There will be your your first bad grade, first heartbreak, first fight, first ended friendship, but there will also be your good report card, your first love, your first real friends, your first car. You see, as your mo...