One Day

The other night Stasia was curled up on Gabe's lap and he was singing her "Sunshine" before she went to bed. I was watching them and my eyes began to fill with tears. Sometimes at moments like this I start to think of "THAT" day...

One day Anakin won't curl up next to me on the couch during movie time
One day he won't hold my hand as we walk down the street
One day he won't give me a kiss when I drop him off at a friend's house

One day Stasia won't ask Gabe or I to sing to her at night
One day she won't wake me in the middle of night to make her bad dreams go away
One day she won't curl up in her daddy's lap

One day Sorsha won't get into everything
One day she won't baby talk anymore
One day she won't cry when I leave

One day Gabrielle won't need me to hold her bottle
One day she won't want me to hold her
One day she won't lay her head on my chest just to hear my heartbeat

At these moments I wish I could freeze time so that I never have to face "that" day. But alas, I can't freeze time. So I try to soak up as much of them as I can. It is such a hard thing to explain...I want them to grow up to be wonderful, Godly, healthy adults, but I also want them to stay my babies just alittle longer.

To my babies:

You are my Sunshine
My only Sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are gray
You'll never know Dear
How much I love you
Please don't take
My Sunshine away