I have been stuck at home all week with sick kids.  The weather has been absolutely beautiful.  I kept wishing that they would have been sick when it was raining, cold and dreary. 

Finding Max reading to his sick sister made me thankful to be a stay at home Mom.  Little snippets of everyday life with Max and Sophie reinforce the gift that being a Mother truly is.  There will be plenty of beautiful, warm days in Paris to explore. 

For now, my job is to care for my little chicks, which is what I longed to do for so many years.  They are growing up so fast and this window of mothering is so small, it will be over before I know it.   I need to remember what a gift and an honor it is to be their mother.