Parenting treasures

Last night, this little girl walked into our bedroom in the middle of the night.  I half woke as I saw her standing beside me, reaching out my arms she slid into bed beside me tightly snuggled.  Sometime later I woke up a bit more and we put her back into her bed.  It reminded me of when I was a four year old.

The memory is clear as if it was not that long ago... but I remember waking up in the night, feeling scared I would head off to my parents bedroom.  Relief would always wash over me as I saw my Daddy asleep.. he too would reach for me and just like my daughter, I'd snuggle in next to him knowing I was safe.

What a treasure it is to know that my daughter feels safe to come to Mummy in the night.  I delight in this bond we share and I hope one day to share those night hours snuggled up with any other children God chooses to bless Ben and I with.  After five, I never again turned to my parent in the night for that safety and security, these days come to pass. I deeply treasure this stage of our parenting journey.