Oh sweet baby

The laundry needs to be folded…

the washing needs to be turned over to the dryer, I need to work for a few hours, toys need to be picked up, I’d love some time to relax and watch TV.

But I’m here, in this moment instead…

The laundry can wait. The work emails can wait. The toys can linger on the floor. Because I am here in this moment, with this little girl.

Now she doesn’t need me to stay close to her for her naps, so I am no longer there in those moments.

But today, we regressed for just a moment and she needed me to be here in this moment with her. 

There is no place I would rather be than sitting in this rocking chair…

my back hurting, my neck hurting, I’m thirsty and my toes are cold. 

But I am sitting here, contact napping with my girl for the first time in so long, missing the days where this was the norm. 

But I’m here now in this moment with her. 

Because these moments become memories so fast.

-Krista Baker