Let Them Be Little

I heard this song today...haven't heard it in a while.
Sweet as it is, it also helps me to get through those days. Ya know the ones I mean...

The days when not one minute goes by that someone needs something right this minute.
The days that just when you think everyone is well, someone starts throwing up.
The days when you come home and the baby has spilled goldfish, or Pringles, or something crunchy and greasy on the floor and the other kids have stepped in it and ground it into your nice carpet.
The days when the laundry is literally everywhere and there aren't enough hours in the week to get it all done; plus, for some reason people think they need to wear clothes every day and make more laundry.
The days that you wake up on the very edge of your bed after sleeping in about a half foot of space to discover your five year old has the entire rest of the king-sized bed all to himself and yet is pushing his feet into your back.
The days when your young, sweet child says "Mommy, your tummy looks pregnant" and not only are not pregnant ~ you have been working out every day!
The days where there is always one child who can only find one of their shoes...one of any of their millions of pairs of shoes!
The days when the baby gets hold of a marker and writes all over the walls when you think he is playing quietly downstairs with the other kids.

You have those days too, right? Well, here are the lyrics to the song that reminds me it's all worth it...

Let Them Be Little
I can remember when you fit in the palm of my hand
Felt so good in it, no bigger than a minute
How it amazes me, you're changing with every blink
Faster than a flower blooms they grow up all too soon

So let them be little 'cause they're only that way for a while
Give them hope, give them praise, give them love every day
Let them cry, let them giggle, let them sleep in the middle
Oh just let them be little.

I've never felt so much in one little tender touch
I live for those kisses, prayers and your wishes
Now that you're teaching me things only a child can see
Every night while we're on our knees all I ask is please

Let them be little 'cause they're only that way for a while
Give them hope, give them praise, give them love every day
Let them cry, let them giggle, let them sleep in the middle
Oh just let them be little

So innocent, a precious soul, you turn around
It's time to let them go.
So let them be little 'cause they're only that way for a while
Give them hope, give them praise, give them love everyday
Let them cry, let them giggle, let them sleep in the middle
Oh just let them be little