To ask why nobody mentions how much love there is?

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In families. The joy on your kids faces, the days out, the laughter, the closeness and love?

The little joys and challenges and fun. I know it can be hard as well but here’s a thread to celebrate all the lovely buts.

What lovely things happened to you today?

My 3.5yo dd has been a bit of a nightmare recently. She's so loving and adorable but she can be so mean to her sister and hits and kicks us all over the slightest thing.

This evening her sister is at a sleepover so we took her out for dinner as a treat and then brought her home for a movie night.
She was an angel!! The entire time she was just so well behaved and polite and I really enjoyed her company without worrying if she was going to kick off about something.

At bed time she gave me a hug and kiss and told me how much she loved me and it honestly just meant the world to me.

My dd who is 7, always waves me off to work and blows me kisses out the window, when l come home if she hears my car pull up she waves and l wave back, she greets me at the door and l always get a big hug, it cheers me up no end. Next doors kids have got in on the act the last two weeks they are 4&7 and it makes me smile, l think l will buy them sweets tomorrow.

“You’re the best mummy of all the mummies” my dd said to me tonight🥳…gave me a little lump in my throat.

my girls were also playing in the bath earlier and I heard them chatting and playing, it’s always amazing the games they play and the imagination they have. Little things eh?!

Two friends and I got the opportunity to rent a really cheap art studio, we finished it off today, tomorrow we can start painting and making things, so, so excited. Feel I have been in a creative rut for years, and socialising too much, this will be a new avenue.

This is so beautiful!

My MIL used to look after my oldest son when he was a baby and I was working from home. I remember walking in on them at naptime with him asleep on her lap, and she just looked at me with the most blissful smile I have ever seen on her face. ❤ your post reminded me of that moment.

Deadpool... Now there's a lovely but

A woman tapped me on the shoulder at an Abba tribute gig last night and pointed at my 14 year old son who was dancing with literal gay abandon and she said, 'I want to tell you that you are doing a fantastic job as a mother to this fabulous boy'

It was just lovely

This thread has been delightful.
DD started football club today. She was so excited and tried so hard. She kept giggling to herself as she was having such a great time. Also when I washed her hair the hair on her neck makes me feel feel so in love and silly and always has done.
My boy is a boisterous chunky blonde puppy in baby form. He really truly completed our family and every time I look at him I can't believe he's mine.

DS(17) told me he & his friends think I'm great because I make 'the best sausage rolls in the world' 😄.

This brought a tear to my eye. How lucky they are to be loved by you!

I’m so sorry your childhood was like this. I hope you have healed and it sounds like you have a beautiful caring family which will hopefully help with that. Sounds like you have become an amazing caring mum 💐

This is the most beautiful thread.

My DS is three and a half and the moments when he looks we square in the eye and tells me that he loves me are the absolute best moments of my day.

We’re trying to decide whether to have another at the moment and I get so caught up in the fear of it all going wrong that I forget about all of the things that can go right! This has been a good reminder.

My 18 month old said his big sister’s name for the first time today. It was lovely. He also played really nicely with a toy cat, giving it two kisses before tucking it up with a blanket. Very, very sweet.
My 2 year old walked to the shop with her dad today and was very excited/proud to show me what she had bought when she got back which was very cute. She also gives the best cuddles.

I often collect my 5yr old GD from school.

Last week she gave me an envelope with a note inside ( from her)
She told me it said

" when you die I will always know you love me " I'm so happy she knows she's loved by me .

My baby giggling at me when I came back into the room, he's just starting to express himself more. My teenager sending me a message saying you're the best mum because I bought his favourite snacks. Small things but so special

I scratched my finger today, very minor, but my 5 year old came running to kiss it better. She went downstairs to tell her dad and get me a plaster. Just little things where you realise you must be getting at least some of it right.

I was exhausted and had yet another meeting till 6.30. My boy brought me a tea and some crackers - it saved me. He didn't ask me, he just noticed I was frazzled and made it and brought it. He tells me he loves me 10 times a day. He's such a sweetheart, hard work sometimes, but lovely.

We don't have any parking near our house so I struggle to ever vacuum my (filthy) car out. Today I went to my mum's for lunch so planned to vacuum it in her driveway this afternoon. But the hoover packed in so I couldn't. It was the last in a long line of minor frustrations and I had a semi-meltdown about how life feels like swimming through treacle at the moment - MIL is being really critical, baby DD won't give me a minute's break, I can't stay on top of the housework, I keep shouting at the DCs, and I go to bed every night feeling like I'm failing.
She gave me a hug and said the baby has so much trust in me and she hopes our relationship stays that strong and trusting as she grows up. Then she and 3yo DS emptied the rubbish out of my car, took all the mats out and cleaned them, and swept all the footwells out with a dustpan and brush 🥰

This a trillion percent. ❤️❤️
Thank you op because I feel the same and grateful for every second I get with them all.

Last week my son (6) suddenly told me that he loves his life and described what he loved. All of them simple joys like people, activities, and home. It made me happy.

After my night shift, I got home this morning and my 7 year old asked me how was work? And do I get to sleep at work because my work is the same length as two school days 😂

It's not just about children. I really love some of my friends and relatives and it feels great

I love all the little carry on toy fighting we do as a family, that mad half hour before bed where we try and burn out the last of the little ones energy by pretty much boxing each other, daddy is on all fours while she's riding round on his back, big one shoves her off and we wrestle about a bit ,little one will sit on someone and try squeeze out a fart, then collapse in a heap laughing together. Sounds mad but I absolutely love it

It's such a lovely thread op thanks. It's so easy to constantly speak about the challenges, expenses etc that comes with parenting that we sometimes overlook the wonderful parts of parenting.

I love this thread! I have one DS, who is my world. He's 11 and still very loving with the biggest heart. Every night at bedtime, we have the same routine:

Person 1: Goodnight. I love you!
Person 2: I love you more!
Person 1: Not possi...
Person 2: It is possi!
Person 1: It's not.
Person 2: Same, same.
Person 1: Same, same.
Person 2: I love you.
Person 1: I love you ❤️

When he went on a school trip, I put a little note in his pyjamas saying "Same, same. I love you ❤️ " x