Saturday, April 26, 2008

In other words, I LOVE YOU!

I was at Sam's club tonight, by myself (applause please), so I took a look at the children's books. They had a line of books by Alison Meghee and one really caught my eye. It was called Someday. I actually cried as I read it in Sam's Club. Then I came home and read it to Jacob and tears formed again when I read it to him.

I'd just like to say that sometimes love is hard to express or put into words. I was watching the Rachel Ray show this week and she had on Leah Remini on talking about the love you have for your husband compares little to the love you have for your child. I'm listing some of my favorite books that describes a parents love for their children.

1. Someday by Alison Meghee. This book describes a mother holding her baby and the stages of life that moms get to see their children grow and then leave home.
2. You are all my Favorites by Sam McBratney. This is a book about three baby bears and how their parents love them equally.
3. Love you Forever by Robert Munsch. Book about a mother who will hold and rock her baby throughout stages of the child's life.
4. You are my I love You by Maryann Cusimano. Just a cute story about a bear and its cub.
5. If you hold my hand by Jillian Harker. A book about self-confidence that a parent can give their child.

Other silly books I love to read to my kids or that they just LOVE. No, David by David Shannon (Jacob's current favorite), Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, Ten Silly Monkeys by Steve Haskamp, I spy books., Catch Me, Catch me (Thomas the tank story) by Rev. W Awdry, and Fat Cat on a Mat.


5 comments:

Michelle said...

Love you forever CREEPS ME OUT!

Just saying.

Anonymous said...

I too have read the book you are referring to and indeed it is a beautiful book. A mother's love for her chil(ren) is truly powerful, however I have to take some issue with the notion that a mother's love is stronger than that of the love she feels for her husband. I am a firm believer in the fact that the greatest gift and the truest testiment of a mother's love is to give her children the example of what it means to love and be loved. What better way to do so than by loving your husband as much if not more than your children (highly contorversial, I know to many people). It is so easy as stay at home mothers and especially mothers of multiples (which I am also) to loose sight of our husbands and what they do for us. It's important to not forget them and remember the love we shared before the kids came. It is also so important that our children have a constant visual example of what love truly looks like in a relationship. Simply my own opinion, take it or leave it.

Anonymous said...

It sounds like you do get out a lot by yourself. Is it twice this week?
You must have a lot of help or a LOVING husband who knows you need a break from time to time.

Jean said...

Yes, I do go grocery shopping twice a week and make trips to the store after the babies go to bed. I do have a very considerate husband. Thank you to his co-workers for pointing that out.

And as for me loving my children more than my husband... I stand by my words. Its a different kind of love, but its a love that will always be there and strong and I feel very protective and nurturing of them, versus knowing that my husband is an independent individual that can take care of himself. My example of that would be... would you die in place of loved one. My first thought if it was my husband is yes, but does he want to watch the kids by himself? I'd rather have someone do harm to myself than my children. I fought hard to bring them into this world at a healthy gestation. I have given everything for them to be healthy and happy. My husband got that kind of love from his parents and as we get more independent we our love and needs evolve. I think its important to keep a good relationship with your husband, but to put him first before my children is not my nature. He can put himself first. We have put ourselves first before kids and will so after our kids are more independent. I think it is selfish to do so. That's just me and how I was raised.

Jean said...

Yes, I do go grocery shopping twice a week and make trips to the store after the babies go to bed. I do have a very considerate husband. Thank you to his co-workers for pointing that out.

And as for me loving my children more than my husband... I stand by my words. Its a different kind of love, but its a love that will always be there and strong and I feel very protective and nurturing of them, versus knowing that my husband is an independent individual that can take care of himself. My example of that would be... would you die in place of loved one. My first thought if it was my husband is yes, but does he want to watch the kids by himself? I'd rather have someone do harm to myself than my children. I fought hard to bring them into this world at a healthy gestation. I have given everything for them to be healthy and happy. My husband got that kind of love from his parents and as we get more independent we our love and needs evolve. I think its important to keep a good relationship with your husband, but to put him first before my children is not my nature. He can put himself first. We have put ourselves first before kids and will so after our kids are more independent. I think it is selfish to do so. That's just me and how I was raised.