I love you, Mommy......

The moment those words leave their lips, my heart bursts into a thousand pieces and fills my entire body with joy.  Sure they can repeat it but when they say it, on their own with no prompting just because they do; there's no other feeling in the world like it. I am in love with my children and the fact that at this moment, while they are small, they love me too, it's unmeasurable. I keep those words locked in my heart. When they are teenagers, burdened with parents who love them, I will take that moment out and savor it again, if only to remind myself that I am the luckiest person alive to have them.   "I love you, Mommy..."