I nearly let it slip past

I nearly let it slip past

The fact that this moment is something I have dreamed about my whole life.

I let it slip past because the day was tough. I’ve got to tell you I felt like I could go to bed by 4 pm.

Because in the grand scheme of things as a mother, you’re busy and very rarely left with the time to mull over just how amazing things are in between a messy house, cleaning up, encouraging little monsters to eat something, and that’s without being their favorite place to nap.

Always so busy that you look to the future hell of a lot.

You look to weekends for something fun. You look to their birthdays for a celebration. You look to next year for your own goals to come alive. & to summer for a good time. You look to the end of the day for a quiet and tidy home...

That suddenly, you forget that you are living one of your dreams right now.

It slips past that easy.

But this moment with my two children both snuggled and all asleep is without a shadow of a doubt something I have always imagined. It is perfect. My little family, a moment that I didn’t let slip through the net for once despite the mess and “danger nap” title.

I think my fiancé knew it too as he took this photo after having a good old look at us when he finished work.

So do me a favor; I know your days are a hustle, and I know your dreams and plans are exciting but hand in heart, can you look around and tell me that this wasn’t your dream at some point too?

Even on the tough days, the boring & the “I need to sleep” ones, once-upon-a-time you dreamt of these moments, and suddenly the day feels a little more magic.

The chaos & all that comes with it- being a mother is both a demanding job & a dream all at once ❤️