Sweet Memories

I've been going through things.  This is a great big purge, and also a time of special memories, as I find sweet little treasures, like this one.

It's funny to think back to a time, that the kids referred to their Daddy as J-Dog, and themselves as E-Dog, A-Dog and P-Dog.  I came upon a bunch of homemade cards the kids had put together for us from years ago. 

I miss this innocence.  I miss this time with them, and I feel like I didn't quite hold onto it the way I should have at the time. Knowing what I know now, I wish I could go back and soak it all in, and tell them how amazing and precious they all were to me.  I blinked, and they were grown.  They know my love, but, I'm afraid until they are parents themselves they will never know the depth to which my love goes. 

Innocent, sweet hearts and souls.  Making a note to self to make sure to keep more of the little things the tiny ones give us over the years...these are things that memories are made of. 

Love them.  So. Much.