I have this spunkalicious five year old... we call her our princess peanut. She is my youngest little one... a total surprise and gift from God. I guess He may have saved the "best" for last because Miss Priscilla is a very very interesting individual with a personality and way of being that poor dad is going to loose the few hairs he has left.
She is cuddly and tough. Has a super duper high pitched scream. Is super duper girly but won't back down from beating her older brother up. And she wins you over with her awesome smile that shows off her one dimple.
Lately my little one has a thing with smelling me. I just crack up typing this up.
She runs up to me to give me a hug, but its really to smell me. Or she'll want to give me a kiss and then sneak in a smell.
I haven't been feeling well so I was lying on the couch and she was cuddling up to me... all of a sudden she starts creeping her way up... little by little... til she reaches my arm... and then all of a sudden I can hear her take a deep breath... then she creeps up some more until she is nuzzled by my neck and I can hear her breathing... then she sighs and she states in such a tender voice... "Mommy I love how you smell... its soooo good". She loves my perfumes and is always asking me to put some on her... so I got her a very special fragrance called Violetas... it smells delicious. But this is a new thing!!!
Oh how I wish I could just bottle up that love and pour it on each and every single day. As she kept taking a whiff of me I closed my eyes and saved this moment in my heart so when she gets older, one day I can share this memory with her.
I remember when I found out I was pregnant with her how I cried... I had three kids already... I wasn't a Spring Chick and I had been getting ready to have my tubes tied and the doctor told me that it wouldn't be possible because I was pregnant!. I waited days to tell my husband... how could this be... I remember when I shared the news with a sister in Christ, Olga... - I was in tears and she was cracking up at me!!!
Now as my daughter smells me - I realized that God knows exactly what we need and when we need it. There are no accidents and no mistakes with our Lord and Savior...
She is so beautiful and so perfectly made!!! So now its my turn to go and cuddle up with her and smell her from her toes to her hair...
And I know that one day when I happen to catch a whiff her of perfume... it'll remind me of this night.
