That's getting close to how I felt this morning. After years of waiting, wondering, wishing, I had a moment I didn't even know I was waiting for.
Hailey had gone back to bed after a morning snack, diaper change and floor play, but Robin wasn't ready to sleep yet. So we cuddled. We rocked in my rocking chair, her nestled right in the crook of my left arm (a spot that she fits into so perfectly), just being together.
I looked into her big, blue eyes, pools of infantile wisdom and she looked back into mine. She recognized me as her mama, her vessel. Unblinking, her fat little face broke out into the widest of grins. Eyes squished narrow, cheekbones raised. Over and over again she looked at me, her mama, and couldn't help but smile.
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Robin's smile |
I could have stayed there with her all day and would have if breakfast didn't need making for my oldest hungry girl in the next bedroom over. But that smile, oh that smile.
The twins have smiled for me every day the last few weeks, starting every morning whenI see their toothless froggy grins. But this morning's smile from Robin was just borne into my soul and has been etched into my heart forever. It was that poetic and pure and wonderful. Ah, motherhood.
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What precious smiles, those are the best way to start any morning!
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