I Love You with My Whole Heart All the Time

This will be quick, because I don't want to linger on anything sad today. Every moment with you is one I cherish and celebrate and try to wholly live in.

Sometimes you are so mean to me. You scratch, you hit, you spit, you tell me that you don't want to be my best friend any more, that you'll never play with me again, never talk to me again.

Sometimes I yell back, send you to time-out.

I see these words and scenarios turning into, "I hate you, Mom!" "You never let me go out with my friends!" groundings, and taking the car/phone away.

But, what I really want, no need, you to know is that none of that matters. All of these things are just ripples on the surface of the water. Underneath, my love for you runs miles deep, is as constant as the sun rising.

I will never hold a grudge, in life or in spirit, for any argument we have ever had. Since the moment I knew you existed, our fates were sealed, together as mother and daughter, friends. Forever.

And, so I will always be singing our silly little song to remind you, the one I hum when you're crying, the one I sing loudly over your yelling sometimes, just to remind us both:

I love you with my whole heart, all the time, all the time.
Even when you're sad.
Even when you're grumpy.
Even when you're happy...
I love you with my whole heart, all the time, all the time.
I love you with my whole heart, all the time, all the time.

xoxo,
Mom