One thing I realized I’ll miss as a father – rocking my kids

The other night my youngest son was very tired. I was rocking him on the glider and he turned around and laid his head on my shoulder. I rocked him like that for a while and realized that it might be the last time I do that with my children. He’s gotten to the point where he just does not do that anymore.

There is something about rocking your children when they are so young. It is hard to explain, but there is a certain comfort about it that is indescribable. It is amazing how much comfort our children give us. Sometimes it feels like there is a lot of wining and crying, oh wait there is a whole lot of that :-) But there are moments that have a certain magic.

My connection with my sons is a bond unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. I’m grateful and eternally thankful for it. Every morning I’m glad to greet them and every evening I look forward to getting home from work to see them again.

I will not miss rocking them in a sad sense, I am always excited to see them change and grow, instead I will reflect on those moments as treasures captured in time :-D