Adia,
You've been sick this week. You had an ear infection so I've been giving you antibiotic. I hope the illness is gone. You've been pretty restless at night, so that makes for a really tiresome day. Tonight you crawled up into my lap and sat with me. You wanting to be held is a pretty rare thing so it made my heart sing. You looked up at me with such sleepy eyes. So, I rocked you and you fell asleep within seconds. I haven't rocked you to sleep since you were probably 4 months old. I was able to carry you up the stairs and lay you in your crib without disturbing your sweet slumber.
As I was laying you down, my hand could feel your heart beating. Time stopped. I looked at you and thought to myself, "Beating hearts are such miracle. How fragile are our lives and why don't even notice. We are kept alive by a simple beating heart." I went on to thank God for giving me my own living miracle to share this life with. Then I thought, "I don't know what I would do if your heart ever stopped beating.." I know one day each of our hearts will stop beating here on Earth. But I pray to God that mine will stop beating before yours.
