Unconditional love of a child.

I have had a long couple of days. I have been pretty ill and, as we all know, Momma's don't get sick days. So I crawled into bed last night pretty defeated and feeling like pure crap. As I pulled back my covers, I discovered these: Unsolicited love notes from my girls could not have come at a better time. Just when I need a little pick me up and a smile, they came through. Honestly, it choked me up a little to see their beautiful pictures and words:




And Ariana made me giggle... On the front: Somewhere over the rainbow... Inside: You're tickling me while I kick your butt at hula hooping. And somewhere under the rainbow there is a pot of gold for me!

What a great way to go off to sleep.

And then this morning, as I sat down with my coffee for the Today show... my gratitude grew even further. There was a segment on a young mother and father who had both been diagnosed with cancer within days of eachother. You can just never tell what each day will bring and how short life can be. I spent a little extra time cuddling each baby this morning.