Love someone

Parenting, well, parenting is HARD.. H.A.R.D... freaking HARD.
They were not kidding when they said that having a child is having your heart walking in someone else's body.. They also didn't joke when they said that children, your precious children, would test your patience and love in ways you didn't think existed.. They were so right when they said your mind would not rest a minute thinking of ways to make your child's life easier, happier, successful. You wouldn't have a single day in which you didn't feel the weight of that child's happiness on your shoulders. Your soul will tear with his tears and ache with every fallback he has..

At the same time, your own joy will never be as big and wonderful as when that child is joyful, and the simple wink of his eye, and smirk on his face or the happy pace of his beating heart will draw the biggest smile on your face.

And loving so much is so freaking HARD.. that love is at the core of your existence, giving you purpose and consuming you at the same time.

The last couple of weeks have been "challenging", to say the least, with my boy, and today I received this beautiful video from a Facebook friend. This is also my declaration of love for my son, who tears me to pieces and puts me back together with a small baby kiss, and whom I love like I could never love anyone in the world.

My Brightest Diamond | I Have Never Loved Someone | A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

I have never loved someone the way I love you
I have never seen a smile like yours
And if you grow up to be king, or clown, or pauper
I will say you are my favorite one in town
I have never held a hand so soft and sacred
When I see you laugh, I know heaven's key
And when I grow to be a poppy in the graveyard
I will send you all my love upon the breeze
And if the breeze won't blow your way, I will be the sun
And if the sun won't shine your way, I will be the rain
And if the rain won't wash away all your aches and pains
I will find some other way to tell you you're okay

You're okay (x7}