The Sweetest Thing

There isn't much in the world which is more powerful to me, than to look at photos of my children as newborns. Babies are cute, but it is more than that. Having seen them grow, knowing their faces now, and then to look back. It is so amazing. Even then, they were themselves. It is such a blessing for me to have been there each and every moment of their lives. Their endearing and identifying features were already there. So tiny, and yet so whole and complete already. It is funny, also, to think about their personalities. How much of their temperament was already recognizable and unique. Each one of them was, and still is, so different. Each one of them a treasure. Losing myself in the photos is like being transported back over space and time to when they were so new. It is the purest joy I have known in this world. The sweetest thing is to have these beautiful faces, still, to greet me everyday.