An oldie, but a favorite goodie from my Instagram feed.
“Dusk is just an illusion because the sun is either above the horizon or below it. And that means that day and night are linked in a way that few things are, there cannot be one without the other yet they cannot exist at the same time. How would it feel, I remember wondering, to be always together yet forever apart?”
~ Nicholas Sparks
I find myself once again away from my little ones, divided this time by The Gulf and yet connected through Skype storytime before bed and FaceTime calls throughout the day. I feel like I’m in the room as Brayden runs in with a belated birthday package he found on the front porch and excitedly tears into it or when Aliyah returns home from school and tells me all about her day, and yet, I’m miles away, separated by time zones and state borders, by the sands of different beaches and the high-rises of downtown cities. Somehow these two little souls help my world spin right, and as much as I love the comfort of a clean hotel room and a bed that I don’t have to make, the way a trip reminds me what it’s like to only feed one mouth and unbroken sleep through the night… I miss their morning “wake-up calls” as they climb under my covers and their sticky kisses.
Did I just say that? I think I’ve officially morphed into a real “mom”… I miss their sticky kisses. And yet sticky has always been something I could forever do without.
PS. Grab a moment today and make it great!
Oh and if you’re also a lover of Instagram to capture even more moments, you can find me there as TabithaBlue, I’d love to “meet” you!
Adrienne says
We traveled so much when my kids were little – I don’t know how we did it without even a cell phone! Eek! Had kind of a blerk day today – will try and grab some moments tomorrow. Here’s my link:
http://mymemoryart.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-blessing.html