the truth is, i miss your childhood
when you used to run up to grab me
when the bottom of my skirt as i worked was 'base'
my arms are still wide open
i will drop everything for you to crawl back into my arms
you don't stop growing
i didn't miss the good part when it was typical you stood with me
now you stand strong
i had to let you grow
i had to let you start standing on your own
i am left to stand without you
there is growing yet to do
but the truth is....i miss you
Tear jerking and oh so true!
ReplyDeleteI am right there with you. I miss those days. We do have to let them stand on their own, but it can be difficult.
ReplyDeleteOh how these words have come at the right time! We communicated a bit in the past Ann Marie. We too have a large family, 5 children and our only daughter is going back to her 2nd year of college in a week. Our youngest just turned 11 and it is so very hard to let them go, yet so very necessary! I am not doing it very well though and miss the days of little smiling faces, uninfluenced by the outside world! xoxo
ReplyDeleteMeg from Life's Patina
Beautifully said and felt, Anne-Marie. ♥
ReplyDeletexoox laurie
it is so very true, but you will love the next stages too. i promise!
ReplyDeleteEvery mama's thoughts, so beautifully said. Your a good mama, they will remember your soft touch and gentle ways.
ReplyDeleteLovely! Just enjoy every minute with them. It is memorable and good
ReplyDeletething to look back when they are old.
It's hard on a mom's heart, this raising of children. It's not for the weak. You will get through it and find joy on the other side because God's promise for your life (and your kids) is for good. In the meantime, take all the hugs you can get from the smaller ones and talk to the older ones like the adults that you are working so hard for them to be. Each one of them adores you (I've seen it) so I'm sure that in one way or another you will always be "base" for them.
ReplyDelete((hugs))... Polly
Awwwwww! I agree, I hope I am always "base" for them, a safe haven, no matter . Gorgeous photos, too!
ReplyDeleteOh my dear friend!
ReplyDeleteBut you have grown a wonderful man, I' m sure!
And he will always love his wonderful mum!!!
Fra
p.s. These pictures are really amazing!
ReplyDeleteSo true! It's how I'm feeling today. Miss my grown kids! Thanks for this great post:)
ReplyDeleteI was just looking at Mary Catherine this afternoon...spindly legs...curved? waist...flaxen hair flying in the wnd...all while biking? How is it that this firstborn child of mine is growing up into a young lady...a "school-ager" closer to double digits than toddlerhood???!!! My eyes teared up. But then I thought of our beautiful talks...our praying the rosary together at bedtime...our nights sewing after the little boys go to bed. She asked about college the other day...and I got choked up thinking about it! She wants to be a vet...and go to K-State. Do you think I could convince her to go to my university's arch-nemesis...KU? It's only 12 miles down the road???!!! ;)
ReplyDeleteA beautiful thing you have shared, and it has not fallen on deaf ears. I said goodbye to my youngest daughter last June... I had five. One by one they have left my side and though I still have one living close by, there are three in other states and one in another country. It's hard. I just have to keep smiling because I know they still breathe, and live, and think of me too. :) I have many memories and photographs, and I never stop thinking of them, and hope that in some way I made their lives happier. Thanks for sharing this. Your site is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteDear Anne Marie,
ReplyDeleteWe have communicated before. I have Barn Sales in our old dairy barn and have created Life's Patina. I think that all of us will affect the lives that come after us and it is a perpetual happening. I love things that reflect that...thus Life's Patina. I had commented on this post before saying and as I came upon it again...I realized how much I love it. I wanted to see if I could get your permission to share it in a blog that I would like to do about my oldest son turning 21 on the 14th of September. Every time I read it, it brings tears to my eyes. I would introduce it saying as much and that I found it on your blog and give your link. I just wanted to see if you would be open to that. If you can take the time to let me know...I would greatly appreciate it! With appreciation~ Meg