This event has made me more aware of the fact that despite my best efforts there is no way I can protect my children from every possible danger or threat. Knowing that makes my heart ache. But at the same time, I find myself appreciating the little precious moments I spend with my kids on a daily basis more than ever before. If something were to happen to them, I never want to forget them just the way they are today. I want to trap these moments and hold them very close to me forever.
My sister-in-law Emily posted this quote. I love it and wanted to share it.
“Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are? We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move. You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel? You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.” -Pablo Picasso
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