Life is full of so many crazy moments. Getting in the car, going places, running to and fro, eating, cleaning, doing, reading, watching, buying… life sure goes fast! Every once-in-awhile in the midst of chaos, I’m looking at my kids as the world spins around us, and I have this moment of clarity and love. Suddenly, I’m filled with immense and powerful love for my three boys. It usually comes during a brief one on one moment, when I get lost in their big eyes and I no longer hear a word they are saying. The world freezes and I am overcome and my heart melts.

These little dudes that I see day in and day out appear perfect and beautiful to me, dirty faces and all. It’s like I remember all of a sudden how precious they are to me, and what a massive void they would leave in my heart if they were gone. And then I feel proud of who they are and the specific challenges they work to overcome (the progress that only a mother would observe). I smile inside at their successes and strengths, because they make me so proud. I love their quirks, their laugh, their fears, their craziness, their freckles, and the way their hair sticks up on the side. I am totally, 100% theirs, and I can’t wait to see what this little young person grows into.

And then the world comes spinning back into reality and I fetch the glass of milk that sweet boy was asking me for. And I don’t mind as much.

It’s a good thing these moments come every once-in-awhile, or I would get lost in the business of life (or freak out when that glass of milk gets knocked across the table). These rare and tender moments are so etched in my mind, I think I will remember them when I am 102 years old.

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