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All day everyday. Today I was literally looking at pictures of me holding my baby daughter. She turned 39 today. God bless her and her brother but I miss my babies. They were safe under my wings. I tucked them into bed. I drove them to school in their uniforms and We played and we laughed so much. They missed me when I left them even for just a few hours. I miss cuddling with them. I miss noise in the house.

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In 2 days my 18 year old son leaves for Parris Island to join the Marine corps. My 21 year old daughter about to get engaged. I am with you 💯 ALL DAY LONG in this post.

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This is so true. If only I could go back to when my grown men were toddlers. Best time of my life and it went too quickly.

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Had all three of my grandbabies today. They went back to school last week and today the teachers needed a day off but that was great for me. It was already hard when my son grew up and I cherish the time now with these grandbabies.

I would go back again in a minute to those days.. love your phrasing...'when I was their whole world'.. I never thought of it that way but quite true. Days so very busy.. 4 daughters within 5 years... I came across my old calendar with schedules of school, church, musical events, field trips, sports, family activities. Hard to believe - bittersweet. I did not throw it away. Such a memorable time in my life. It is all stored in my heart, and I smile, but sure wish they lived closer.

I’m reliving and appreciating this with my grandchildren. Moved across the US to live in the worst state in the country just to experience it.

These are the days!

A child will only be a child temporarily. You will miss the little bundle of joy until he or she leaves your house. Enjoy your child while he or she is young. Remember to love yourself, the way God loves you, so that you can love your child deeply the way God wants you to love.

Me too..my kids are grown now with kids…oh how I wish for the days with them again…😔

This couldn't be any more true. The hardest, best days of my life where when my children were little.

I wished those days away. Always in a hurry to get to the next thing. I blinked and they are grown and I am all by myself.

Ahh, agree 100%! In the blink of an eye 🥹 they are grown. I miss that bit of chaos everyday. It’s so quiet now. 😞

I’ve got three littles at home and I still can’t even finish this with out choking up.

Yup. They were precious days indeed.

Happiest time of my life.

If you feel this way about your kids - encourage them to have grandkids, live nearby and be there for them. Open door policy. It will be great - it’s not pressure. It’s life’s greatest journey of family. And it can continue forever.

Then stop pushing your adult babies to be on their own. Stay with them, or they stay with you. And help them raise their kids, and you get another round. We as a civilization have lost our way. Grandparents are supposed to help raise grandchildren, and I mean on the daily. It will help your heart and help your children’s and their children. We aren’t meant to let our children go, so stop doing it and hurting yourself and letting society crumble because of it.

12 9 and 7.... I'm tired but trying to enjoy it as best I can

I just don't think that children leaving the home when they grow up is right, natural, or biblical. I think that maybe 1 out of 100 need to go out and build their own empire, the rest are made to help build the empire that built them.

Correct!!

I’m having to come see your page to see what you have posted. I only seen 1 today.

Yup 😔

No truer words have ever been spoken. 😭🙏

💯 @ShanaLNizar

“because for a little while, I got to be their whole world” 😭😭😭

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I would love it as I did then! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

The happiest days of my youth were the ones where all 12 of us kids lived with our parents in a state-owned duplex (we had both units connected with a doorway Dad put in) that was located in a low spot where heavy rains filled the street enough to cover the curbs. My next door neighbor was an actor who played roles on Beverly Hillbillies, Get Smart, then later Little House and Highway to Heaven.

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So very true

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Me too. I’m in the hot coffee season and everyday, I fiercely miss the days of coffee getting cold 🥹

My kid is almost 16 now and I’m already feeling like this, I can’t imagine how difficult it will be when I need to watch him going to college - mixed feelings

Yup 💯

There are days when you just need a reminder of this. It can be frustrating, tiring, the most thankless of times, but wouldn’t change it. I dread when that pivotal moment comes. The time spent together in their early years will not be reached again in a the years to come.

Darn allergies

❤️I cherished the days when my children were little. The silence is brutal now that they’re gone.

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