We ended our evening watching an incredibly sad news report about a 4 year old boy who was abused and died at the hands of his mother and stepfather. The details were awful. We were in tears.
“Let’s go wake up Little Precious and give her a hug,” he said.
So we tip-toed into her room and scooped her from the crib where she was resting peacefully and safely- oh so safely.
“Hi Sweetie,” we cooed to her. The corners of her mouth turned upwards as she kept her eyes closed in her half awake state. She rested her head on my shoulder and I swayed while I rubbed her back. Then, I passed her off to Daddy, who she snuggled with comfortably, that cute half smile still resting on her lips. We gathered together in a family hug, then reluctantly put her back in the crib, where she immediately snuggled up to her favorite stuffed animal.
As I write this, I sit and wait for her to wake up and greet the day with her usual songs and morning blabber. I can’t wait to go in and scoop her up again, ask her what she dreamed about, read the scriptures with her, try to get her to sit still to say her morning prayer, ward off her first tantrum of the day with a hug and kiss, make breakfast, wipe up her inevitable spills, walk away from her for a minute to take a deep breath when her second major tantrum of the day starts, read her stories, take a walk with her, dry her tears when she cries because I tell her she can’t have any more candy, try not to laugh when she tells me that Daddy lets her have candy, and cuddle, cuddle, cuddle.
Because she is mine and she is precious.
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awww…make me more jealous that i can’t come hug her right now! she looks SOOO cute in that picture. Love her hair!
It began sad and ended up happy. I felt the hugs.
You are a great mom!
that was a tragic story. can’t even imagine.
let us all hug our babies extra today and forever.
let us have extra patience with our babies…
Yes, she is. I love her jean jacket, her pigtails, and her smile. You are blessed…and so is she.
Ok so whats with this new stage of tantrums with Poki & Lydibug they have conspired together I tell you.
I hate hearing any more updates on that story. I’ve gone from feeling so sad to feeling angry. How could a human being treat a child in that way? And even worse, how could a mother allow it? Lucky for your little one she’ll never question the way her parents feel about her. I think they need a little extra hugging any time of the day!
I’ll bet she loved it!
She is precious. She is blessed to have two such adorable parents and you are blessed to have your precious. Hug her for me.