For the past few days my husband and I have been reading books to our little one. We’ve noticed she is fascinated by the colors and words on the page. As she sits there fully focused on each page, following our fingers as they flow with the words on the page I realize how big she has gotten.
She is only three months but in these still moments, these freeze frames of time that we spend together she’s somehow changed more than I had originally thought. It’s not her weight or her length. It’s her actions, her curiosity. She is learning super fast. She doesn’t speak in English nor does she have the motor skills to sit stand or grab items on purpose but she is a sponge for knowledge.
These small moments in time are my little gifts each day. I get to learn from this little being everyday. How to appreciate the world around me, how to make every moment matter, how to love more deeply than ever before and most of all to teach and guide my daughter through this crazy life.
Whoever said let them be little is completely right. Letting them be little allows us as adults to live life through their eyes. We need to remember the magic in the world, the wonder of it all makes all the crazy around us disappear. Everyday there are more of life’s little surprises through my daughters eyes. It is way to much fun to watch her light up over the smallest things. To make her laugh is just joyous. She is my light when this world can be such a dark place. I couldn’t imagine going through life not knowing this feeling. She makes me a better person. I will have to remember to thank her one day.
