Kisses Like Sunshine

On the weekends, we "sleep in" at our house -- which means getting up at about 8:00 a.m.! Often, Grace (and sometimes Jacob) will come into Franco and my room at about 6 a.m. -- on weekends, I pull them up into our bed (thank goodness it's a king sized bed!) so that I can get a few extra moments of rest. They will either fall back to sleep, or request that I turn on the T.V. for them to watch cartoons until they become too restless . . .

This past weekend, on Saturday morning, Grace had crawled into our bed, and had fallen back to sleep. Around 8 a.m., she began to stir. Her beautiful little face on my pillow, all snuggled up next to me; I couldn't resist -- I kissed her on the nose. When I did that, she smiled, and half-opened her eyes -- and said quietly, "Mama, you kissed me! It's like the sunshine on my face in the morning!" . . . and then she kissed me back.

. . . moments like this just make my heart melt . . .