This experience is living evidence that time is valuable. All too often, mothers’ sacrifices for their kids go unnoticed.
Women would benefit from thinking about themselves at least occasionally, even though they typically don’t lament such difficulties and instead are happy to be able to provide for their children with the best.
This mother had a revelation that she wanted to share with all other mothers as she was dropping her child off at school.
The mother, who was accompanying her son, was considering everything she needed to do for her kids that day, including cooking dinner, picking them up from school, making sure they brushed their teeth before bed, and more.
Her mind had already grown accustomed to only considering the children’s needs and welfare.
But when she got home, she set aside all the household duties and wrote this heartfelt letter in the hopes that it would be read by as many other mothers as possible and help them understand what is truly important in life.
The title, “last time,” is poignant and well-chosen. Because more words would be unnecessary, we’ll let you read her sage advice.
You won’t ever be the same person again once you give your child their first hug.
Maybe you’ll long for those days when you could do whatever you wanted and had all the time in the world to do it, when every day was different and you didn’t yet understand what it meant to be truly exhausted.
Everything is different now.
You hear your baby crying as you change his diaper. It seems like an never-ending circle as the arguments and demands continue.
But keep in mind that everything has a final opportunity. You will eventually feed your child for the last time. when, after a long day, he finally nods off in your arms.
And the final opportunity you’ll have to hold him while he sleeps. You’ll never again wash his hair or hold his hand in public.
After that, he won’t ever need you in the same way again. He won’t rouse you in the middle of the night to cuddle with him any longer.
Right now, you sing to him and play with him, but that too will end soon.
You kiss him goodbye as you drop him off at school, but he might ask you to stop tomorrow. You’ll wipe his face after reading him one final bedtime story.
One final time, he will leap into your arms.
You won’t realize you’re doing something for the last time until it’s too late; you’ll never know it. Even then, it will take some time for you to fully comprehend what is going on.
Enjoy it while you’re doing all of this for your child because it won’t last forever.
Once that period of time has passed, you’ll realize that you’d do anything to relive the experience. “.
