thankfulness and cherry coke slurpees

when you get older, momma prays you remember the times when we would stop for a slurpee and sit on the sidewalk and talk. and laugh. how we forget about everything else and in these still  moments, it's just us. alone. 

we try make every minute count and we hope that you will always know and remember that. 

the joy of us getting a slurpee, sitting when we should be eating dinner but put it off for a little bit longer, while the warm, gentle air blows your soft blonde curls, while they get curlier the more and more we sit. and laugh. the way you have sticky fingers, red lips, and how you always have to steal some of mine.. even if they are the exact same. 

these are small things. but the moments add up. i thank God for all these little things. i thank God for you, noah james. for these small moments that i cherish and hold close in my heart. for everything you have brought into our lives.