July 5

Before the Little Boys went to bed this evening, they came into the kitchen --where I was prepping to go pick up Abby from a VBS volunteer meeting-- and each gave me a hug. As they headed for the stairs, I called them back and squeezed them both at once until they giggled.

Every time someone who hasn't been around my kids for a while sees them, they marvel over how much taller they've all gotten in the last year. It's true -- they really have grown a lot. And in that moment in the kitchen tonight, I was suddenly more keenly aware than usual that they're only going to be their current sizes (still smaller than me!) for so many more years. So I decided to embrace it. Literally. And the resulting giggles? Just a blessed bonus.