Dear JDaniel-
You love that you stoop down and gather dandelions for me. I love watching you trot over to deposit them in my waiting hand. The fact that you bring them to me like cherished gifts makes them all the more special.
I have to remember to tuck them carefully behind my ear or wrap them around a belt loop of my jeans so that I won’t lose them. They can fall so easily to the ground. I want you to know that I value the gifts you have bestowed on me.
You have spoiled me. We have been able to have so much time together just the two of us so much while I have been home with you. We spend many days stuck like glue sharing memories and building dreams.
I fear that just like the seeds of these precious golden flowers you will someday be blown in millions of different directions. I am not ready for you to get old enough to take flight begin to look for new places to take root and grow.
I cling to the fact you are only three and that we have years to be together collecting flowers and sharing time to console myself. Time seems to be spending up though. You are quickly leaving toddlerhood behind. Each day there are more “big boy” things you are doing. You are so much more independent in your thoughts and deeds.
Instead of focusing on the days to come what I need to do is cherish each dandelion you give me and display it proudly knowing that it was given out of love.
Love Always,
Mama
What part of your life seems to be flying by?
This is lovely:) Sometime it seems like the most precious moments tend to fly by quickly. It is so important to cherish them as you do, so that the memory lingers on always.
Madison
how very, very sweet!
Beautiful thoughts, and so true how quickly time passes. Glad you’re savoring each moment!
That was very sweet of you to appreciate the dandelions that JDaniel picked for you. Cherish and memorable for sure..
How beautiful. I just loved getting dandelions and violets when my son was little. What a beautiful post for your son.
My dandelion picking boy will be graduating next year. Everything seems to be flying by on me these days. Would love to see a vase of those yellow flowers on my window sill these days.
What a nice letter to JDaniel.
Stay in the moment and enjoy what’s happening now.
So beautiful. I think that it doesn’t matter the age we all have to learn to slow down and cherish the moments.
My 4 year old is obsessed with dandelions and likes to bring them home from school for me stuffed in her pockets.
What a sweet, heartfelt post today! Yes, you are so right, hang on to these simple moments, they pass way too fast.
Awww, this one touches my heart.
Little boys who bring their mama flowers. Cherish every moment, they go so fast….
This was so sweet! As a kid I knew grown ups who made dandelion wine! As a child I also loved to give my mother handfuls of these colorful stems!
So sweet.
My daughter loves to hand me dandelions too.
This is so sweet. My toddler has started picking flowers too and giving them to me.
Beautiful. Children grow up so fast. Sigh.
oh my Hailey loves to give me weeds for presents and you are right, so right – I need to treasure them more.
This is sweet, and at 11 my son and I still have some “dandelion” moments. But I agree – treasure each one – it is all so darned fleeting.
For me, having a teenager for the first time, I look back in amazement at the evaporation of that “childness” in her – I miss it as much as I respect her new ability to think abstractly and be her own person.
Paula Kiger
What a wonderful post to read in the morning! Made my day! Time runs so fast!
What a wonderful way to write about your love for JDaniel. My 3 yr old is my last and I feel the same way as you do. Time is flying by way too fast. Cherishing every moment we have together!
Sooo sweet. And on more days than I can count, there are dandelions in a vase on my table, love it!
I love when the kids bring me dandelions! The thought is so sincere. I tried finding you a link to a song I fell in love with years ago about her little boy bringing her dandelions. I can’t find it. Now it is bugging me though and I will continue looking so I can share with you.
So beautiful!
XOXO Lola:)
what a sweet story!.
How sweet! I adore when my kids do this. I think Nana adores it a little less. Never the less, I always find something to put them in for a bit til Nana tosses it out.
I love this. So true. Thanks for sharing. I need to slow down and enjoy the precious moments.
Sweet, sweet post! 🙂
Blessings,
Catherine
Awwwww,this is sooo sweet,I love this post,I’m all smiles now.
Wonderful sweet!
~Jo
LazyonLoblolly
I love the ending of cherishing every dandelion you get. Time does go by so very fast with kids.
So sweet!! I hope my little boy does sweet things like that! Enjoy every second I can’t believe how fast it goes!
Oh it is so true. Even when life feels difficult, these beautiful moments are fleeting. I have to remember that as I raise my little angel and wait on the second one in my belly!
Actually, every part of my life is flying by now! The older I get, the faster the time goes! I can’t believe that I am as old as I am, because I always feel so much younger. This was a great post and such a sweet letter to JDaniel!!!
Does he ever ask you if you like butter as he rubs them under your chin?
A lovely lovely letter! 🙂 so glad you didn’t “loose it” when Blogger went down!
Maggy
A lovely moment in time. Dandelion gifts are no longer part of my life, but I’m enjoying all that “older” brings with it.
Dana
This was beautiful. This post brought tears to my eyes. I’m thinking of our youngest Grand starting school this fall and how I wish, wish, wish I could slow time down.
The thoughts of empty nest seem to be even more poignant the second time around.
Thanks for a lovely, deep, and thoughtful link to Alphabe-Thursday’s letter “D”.
A+
It has been a while since I received a dandelion! Thanks for the memories. 🙂
Thsi was such a beautiful letter. How sweet that you write these for him!
I would always hear people talk about how much faster life speeds up once you have kids, but I never realized how true that was until I had one of my own. Just when we want to slow it down, too! 🙁
Beautiful letter! Yes, time does fly by. My son is 4 years old, and he is just growing up too fast.
What a beautiful letter. It cam be so bittersweet to watch them grow!
What a beautiful letter to JDaniel 🙂 This made me get teary eyed since I have E and she’s only a year younger than he is. It’s amazing how fast they grow up.
Mama-love letters to our children allow us to spill what’s in our hearts, doesn’t it – when they’re so close to bursting with love! I love it!
beautiful letter, and hits close to home. this is exactly how i feel about my almost three-year-old getting to be a “big girl” faster and faster. next dandelion she hands me will be extra-appreciated 🙂
I love that! My son went to kindergarten this year and on the first day of school I found a withered dead dandilion in his lunchbox that he had picked for me at recess!!!
what a sweet post!
i know what you mean… i hate that broxton is getting older…
and more independent…
although it is a good thing, it makes me sad that my baby is growing into a big boy
So beautiful! I started writing “To LBK” posts, which is what we called the baby before it was born because we didn’t know the gender. Now, my boy is here, and I am cherishing every moment as well. It’s so tough not to worry about the future or dwell on the past. It’s hard to stay present in the moment and smell the dandelions. 🙂 Gorgeous writing! Vising from Time Travel Tuesday. Would love it if you stopped by my TTT post, too (A Wide Line). Have a great week!