{"id":209,"date":"2014-05-19T14:11:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T14:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathleensmith.org\/wp\/?p=209"},"modified":"2014-05-19T14:11:31","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T14:11:31","slug":"precious-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kathleensmith.org\/wp\/2014\/05\/19\/precious-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Precious Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like as children grow up and get older there are few precious moments with them especially if they are teenagers and adult children. It also seems like it&#8217;s more so with teenage boys. This weekend I managed to get a double dose of precious moments with my children. My teenage son and adult daughter to be more specific.<\/p>\n<p>It was quite the weekend for us. My 15 year old son had an accident while playing basketball. His head collided with another boys head which landed my son in the Hospital needing stitches on his eye brow. While lying in that Hospital bed feeling the pain from the needle that was numbing his eye, I noticed how much pain he was in. I held his hand at that point and told him to squeeze as hard as he needed to. I told him not to worry about hurting my hand. At that moment I wasn&#8217;t just his mom. At that moment he let me be his mommy. It felt so good to be needed by my teenage son even if it was only for a minute. I will always treasure that moment.<\/p>\n<p>The next night I got a text from my 18 year old daughter telling me she went to the store for some cookie dough. She then saw Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s Chubby Hubby ice cream and thought of me. She thought about all the times growing up when I would buy one for her and one for me when they were on sale at our local store. She told me it made her miss me so she decided to buy the ice cream instead of the cookie dough. I asked her if she was trying to make me cry. She sent me an lol and said no. It meant a lot to me to know something as simple as ice cream could make my daughter think of me and miss me.<\/p>\n<p>Even though those precious moments may be few and far between with my teenage son and adult daughter especially my teenage son. 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