Worth Everything

Yesterday I received one of the greatest gifts ever.  I was playing in the pool with Marty and Ellie.  Marty, up to his neck with his cute little water wings, came bouncing over to me.

He stretched out his little arms as far as they would go and put his little hands on my shoulder.  He leaned his face in and pressed his cute little nose to mine, with our foreheads together.  In his sweet, precious, two-and-a-half-year-old baby voice, he said with more tenderness than you would imagine a child could express,

"My love you, Mama, all da time."

and then he kissed me.  I hugged him tight and kissed his little cheeks and told him how much I loved him, too, and how good he made me feel inside.

Then, he bounced off to catch a wind-up fish, while I sat there with a heart so full it ached, and eyes wet with more than pool water.

These are the moments we live for.