Bonjour Judy et al, I was actually rushing through my emails and almost passed over this one, but something or someone told me to come back to it. Glad I did. Wonderful lesson to be shared here. We all need to be reminded to stop and smell those roses, to be grateful for the small things as well as the big. I treasure every moment that I'm receiving a cuddle from my kids. When I had the twin babies, that is one thing that I realised that I and they missed out on. When there are 2 of them to feed, you sit them in cradle chairs to do it (so you don't have that lovely physical contact which you have with a single baby). When you already have 3 other children to look after too, cuddles get missed again. You have to make an effort sometimes to just stop and think, I should be cuddling my children. It was the text that made me think of that. I'm not saying that I didn't ever hold my twin babies, but I wasn't able to hold my twin babies as I was my other babies. It is something that comes back to me from time to time when something like this sparks it off. It is something that 'bothers' me. Having said that, a lot of love is still shared between the twins (now 15) and I and the other children. I still get bothered by it though. On a more positive note, about an hour ago, Isabelle came up to me, cuddled me and told me that she loved me. That is a precious moment that I'd drop everything for, even if it did mean me being late somewhere or losing the thread of what I was doing..... Well, just remember to smell those roses chaps and chapesses. Thank you for this Judy. Angel cuddles, Sarah  for the great advice. |