My girls...

I want to say that I'm thankful to my mother-in-law for snapping this picture. I often give her a hard time for always grabbing her camera. However, I'm thankful that I have this picture since I'm usually behind the camera!

This was a moment captured several weeks ago.....one night where everyone seemed to want Mommy....so we all snuggled up to read "The Very Fairy Princess" before bed. What a cute book it is. However, it's not the instructions on how to be a princess that I'll remember from the moment. This was one of the first times that it was just me and my girls......snuggled up together.

When I look at this picture, I have a flood of emotions! The first thing I thought when I saw it was, "Wow....is that really me in that picture with 3 precious little girls?" As time has passed, so many things in our lives have changed. And it sometimes seems that overnight, I've become responsible for these three little princesses!! The second emotion that I had was fear......fear that I would be too busy or too caught up in life to take part in these little moments of snuggle time and reading. I never want to miss one moment! I have Celine Dion's Christmas CD and have been listening to it over this holiday season. There's one song on the CD called "These Are The Special Times." Here are the lyrics.....they say it so well.

"These are the special times

Times we'll remember

These are the precious times

The tender time we'll hold in our hearts forever
These are the sweetest times

These times together

And through it all, one thing will always be true

The special times are the time I share with you."

I pray that God grants me many moments like this over the years, and more importantly that I never take them for granted.....these special times.