I'm putting Jeremy down for a nap and it's obvious he just needs me. There are so many variations to the way a child cries and I know which ones are tired cries, which ones to wait out, which ones are angry and which ones are sad. His cry today was "I need my mommy."
So, I went into his room and sat on the floor and he crawled in my lap and sat facing front like I was a chair. :) His tears stopped and we sat that way for a while. Then I turned him around and held him. He put his head on my shoulder, trying a few times to find a comfortable spot (Daddy's shoulders are much better, I'm sure) and he squeezed me and squeezed me. I sat on the floor, holding him like this until I felt him relax. I rocked side to side and back and forth and relished every single second.
There aren't many times he lets us hold him now that's he's such a big boy and knowing that for the last 13 minutes, all my little big boy wanted was my arms around him . . . just makes me weep. I prayed deep prayers over him while I held him so not only was I holding my baby, God was also holding his.
2 comments:
That is so touching* I remember soaking up precious moments like that because I wanted to hold them forever in my heart.
We've had such a great family time over the past several days. Miss you*
What a great post, Bethany! Thanks for sharing such a special moment.
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