Mama!

At midnight last night, my toddler woke up screaming and crying, "Mama!!! Mama!!!"  I ran to his room and found him kneeling on his bed, facing the wall.  He was very upset.  "Don't let them bite my fingers!"

I touched his shoulder and said softly, "Mama's here, don't worry.  Everything is ok.  It's just a bad dream.  Mama's here."  He immediately stopped crying and turned his cheek for a kiss.  "You can lie back down now.  Everything is ok.  Mama's here."  I gave him a kiss, then tucked my sweet baby in and smoothed his hair.  He went right back to sleep.

It never ceases to amaze me that my children are so comforted just by the sound of my voice, by my presence.  Puts a lump in my throat every time.  My sweet babies.

(The beautiful painting, above, is by Mary Cassatt, titled Mother & Child - 1890s.  Mary Cassatt painted so many wonderful scenes of mothers and children.)