The best part of my day is putting Boo to bed. This is my time with her. The time of day that I will not let anyone else interfere. I am steadfast that no one puts her to bed other than me when I am home. This moment is when she hugs me with her whole body as I carry her to her room. She hugs me around the neck with her legs around my waist. Lays her head on my shoulder and snuggles close.
I lay her down on her bed and say I love you. She replies ‘ank you’. While I wish for some day to hear her tell me she loves me, ‘ank you’ is enough for now. I lay her down, cover her with her blanket and slowly walk out of the room.
I say one more time, Night, night Boo I love you and hear, ‘ank you’ one last time. My heart swells with love all the field trip pain melts away. I don’t care that she is delayed, just that she is sleeping in her bed. I don’t care that she cannot say or understand I love you. Because I know that while she might not understand it, she knows that she is loved.
That is how I finished the sentence this Friday, the best part of my day is….
Tell me, what is the best part of yours?
(Un)Diagnosed and still okay 
Awww Kerri, I so get it! It is my favourite time of the day, too, and it happens quite similar to how it happens in your home! ❤
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Kerri, seriously I love the best part of your day and was smiling reading this. I know what you mean about those hugs at night and sometimes I wish I could hold them forever and stay in that moment for as long as I can. Thanks for sharing and for linking up with us again!
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I love cuddly time too! I love those quiet moments when it is just you and the little one together and all is right with the world 🙂
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Love. What a wonderful way to end every day. And those full body hugs when you hold your baby – the best. I miss those – hold on tight, Kerri!
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EEP she is beyond adorable. So perfect. I love night-time, too. Tucker's recently started saying “eyeyou” in response to I love you but I think it's just a mimic. Someday, friend, we'll get our I love you, too's back. I believe.
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Oh, I am sniffling here! I almost wrote about that- rocking my two year old and singing lullabies to her before bed… feeling her warm body against me and listening to her tiny voice… heaven.
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very nice. bedtime/end of day is so much the heart of the day.
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Sooooo sweet! My favorite is the opposite… Cuddling with everyone in the morning before dad leaves for work.
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Gorgeous. And by the sound of it, she's doing physically what she's not saying with words – she's SHOWING she loves you, with that huge wrap-around hug 🙂
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I hear ya! My 17yo daughter has cerebral palsy. I know what it's like to wish she could understand something and she understands what she needs to. Their simplicity has a precious way of saying all they need to say. (Visiting from FTSF!)
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