You will never have this day with your children again. Tomorrow they will be a little bigger then they are today. This day is a gift. Breathe and notice. Smell and touch them; study their faces and little feet and pay attention. Relish the charms of the present. Enjoy today mama. It will be over before you know it.
Interpretation
Cherish each moment with your children, as time passes quickly and each day is unique.
This quote emphasizes the importance of being present with your children and valuing the fleeting moments of their childhood. It serves as a reminder to savor the simple joys of being together, as each day brings them closer to growing up and changing. By encouraging parents to pause and appreciate their kids, it highlights the irreplaceable nature of these experiences.
In practice
In a parenting workshop discussing the significance of quality time with children.
Our children are humans and deserve to be treated respectfully. Discipline doesn’t include raging, screaming, abusing, neglecting, humiliating, or shaming our kids. God never treats us like that. That sort of discipline never “produces a harvest of righteousness and peace.
Kids will keep it real. If I've ever had in my life a great anchor, it's them. They get in your head, 'don't get too famous.' If you think you're really famous and think you're really hip, go hang out with your kids for an afternoon. That's about as earthbound as it's going to get.
I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads when you laughed.' I will give them specific stuff they can grasp.
When a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies.
It's important for me to have hope because that's my job as a parent, to have hope, for my kids, that we're not going to leave them in a world that's in shambles, that's a chaotic place, that's a dangerous place.
You transition as a mother from literally just pulling a booger out of that person's nose whenever you see one until at some point they assert: "No, I'm a person. You can't fix my underpants on the subway."
My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.
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