Did I Hug Them Enough to Last a Lifetime?

Did I hug them enough to last a lifetime? Moms love their kids more than anything else on this earth, but we can’t help but wonder, do we show it enough?

Question: Do you ever sit there and just watch your kids?

Watch them laugh and play together.

Marvel at how fast they’re growing up.

Grow misty-eyed when you think about how they’ll never be that little again.

Do you do that too?

Sometimes when I’m sitting there watching, a little voice in the back of my head whispers, “Did I hug them enough to last a lifetime?”

Do you ever hear that voice?

It’s a strange mixture of immeasurable love, worry, and irrational fear that only moms can understand.

Are we loving them enough?

Here’s a little bit of what that voice sounds like for me…

Did I hug them enough to last a lifetime?

If I was never able to give another hug again, would I have given them enough love to last forever?

I love my kids so much that it literally hurts. But do they know it?

When they’re all grown up (or think they’re all grown up) will they still remember when mama was the one to kiss their boo-boos and make things all better?

I always make a point to hug them first thing in the morning and right before bed. I want them to wake up feeling loved, and drift off to sleep feeling loved too.

Are they receiving all the love that I feel for them?

Is it enough?

Am I doing enough?

Did I hug them enough to last a lifetime?

I don’t know if there is a “right” answer to that, or if I’m just being silly and worrying like moms tend to do. But the love a mom feels for her kids is so strong that it makes sense that the worries are just as strong.

Worry is a part of motherhood.

But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. A little bit of worry keeps us on our toes. Keeps us pushing to do better.

If I could say one thing to my girls, it would be this:

Bear with me my sweet babies, even when you think that mom is too sappy. Or think you’re too cool for all that stuff.

Just bear with me.

Mama needs these hugs just as much as you do.

And to all my fellow mamas,

YES — you are doing enough. You are enough.

But one more extra hug never hurts 😉

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