I Want to Bottle This Forever

When I went to pick up my daughter from preschool on Friday afternoon, she excitedly ran to her cubby and pulled out a white paper bag that she had decorated with purple and brown tissue paper.

"Mommy! It's Mother's Day! Happy Mother's Day!" she excitedly shouted out, while she reached into the bag and pulled out my gift.

This year, she made me a clay heart magnet, carefully painted purple. I want to bottle up the joy on her face as she told me, "Mommy! We have to hang this on the fre-friger-frator."

No gift Natalie could ever give me will ever outweigh the love and joy she gives me each and every day without even knowing it. Her kisses and hugs and smiles are worth more than gold and remind me of just how blessed I really am.