What little things have your children done that made you cry happy tears?

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A nice thread to celebrate our little ones.

Having a particularly shocking week, with work being awful, my ex, DDs father being a prick and withholding maintenance money topped with a cold..

This morning, whilst I'm helping DD5 get ready for school, she looks up at me from the floor and points at me and says... "mama, happy place".

That was it...floodgates open! I scooped her up and held her tight and said mummy was so happy she just had to cry happy tears.

Was such a precious moment.

What things have your children done?

When DC were tiny there were loads of cute moments. Now they are young adults I still have moments when I get a catch in my throat.
My latest, and I'm not sure why, had me dabbing my eyes. I collected DS after he had done a sports event. We decide to grab a coffee and cake and when I went to pay, DS said he had already asked for the bill and paid when I popped to the loo. It just seemed such a grown up thing to do, and when I said thanks he said "You are always doing things for me, I don't need thanks".
Made me very emotional seeing the man he has become.

Sometimes when I'm having a snuggly moment with my 4 year old DD she looks me in the eyes and says very sincerely "I love you Mummy, with all my heart" - and it just melts me. And then I say it back to her.

My 5 year old DS looked me straight in the eyes the other night and said very sincerely "Mummy, it's just that I'm very good at forgetting things" - when I had asked him why he hadn't done something that day. Made me laugh out loud 😂

I don't know if this counts but I had a difficult birth with my DC. It was frightening because it could have ended badly. Sometimes when I look at him, I remember that, and feel relief that he is now safe with me and I feel like crying with happiness.

My adult DD knows I've had a tough childhood and subsequent hard experiences as an adult. For my birthday a few years ago she bought me a gold plated chain with a phoenix pendant. With this she wrote out an excerpt from one of my favourite classics Ovid. The description was one of the phoenix and how it rises from the ashes to full glory again. She called me her phoenix. I still well up every time I see her note. The most beautiful thing anyone has ever said to me. 😍

When my eldest bought me a gift with his own money from his summer job. Ordered it himself and everything. Made me feel proper proud!

When my little one told me 300 times about a TV programme we watched together, rarely does he show much emotion so it made me emotional ☺️

My very gruff and laddish 19yo bought me a silver Tudor rose necklace for mother's day last year. He doesn't share my love of early modern history at all, so it was a really thoughtful and empathic gift. I haven't taken it off since he gave it to me.

As adults DS - Took DH and me out for dinner on his first monthly pay.

DD - recently messaged to thank us for being good role models as a couple (people close to her had just split up very messily). Bawled my eyes out.

When younger - DD regularly looked at the meal plan and got started on the meal when she got in from school. Much appreciated when I was just about coping with work but not much else.
DS - when teen DD was visiting him at uni, messaged to ask if it was OK if he bought her a couple of cans of cider for pres, as she wouldn't be able to go to the bar with his mates so they'd do pres instead.

My ASD child wished me happy international women’s day this morning 😆

Christmas just gone my 10 year old DD secretly printed off some pictures of us and wrapped them in some A4 paper which she wrote a lovely message on.

And when she was 8 at Christmas she put £10 in a handmade card with a lovely note. Both instances brought me to tears. Hilariously mortified that she thought I was that poor even though I'm not.

These are so lovely. Congratulations on your georgous minis or not so minis any more! My little one said today "stay calm mumma you're ok" when I was flapping about something and I thought I'd cry.

My son who usually does a nice card and flowers for Mother's Day which is perfectly lovely went way above on the Mother's Day following my mother's death. He bought me a necklace with the infinity symbol on it and had both mum and dad's name written on it. Unless you know the names are there it just looks like part of the necklace . He said " I know you're sad so I thought you needed something special to cheer you up" it still makes me a bit emotional every time I see it.

My Dd is 17 and last year she had a huge mental health episode .., she slowly got better without accepting counselling however the thing that made me tear up is hearing her hum or sing in the bathroom when she was getting ready for school .. as I knew the old happy girl she was was coming back 💔

I was crying and my little one gave me a hug and a kiss for the first time, best feeling ever!

Oh my goodness literally welling up reading this xx

These are all such beautiful moments 🥰

DD is now 17 and so hormonal and at times just so mean and rude but once in a while she just gives me the best hug ever and tells me she loves me and I know at that moment all will be ok. I’ve raised her well and despite her moments I know she loves and respects me.

That’s so lovely, what a beautiful girl

My 2 year old is in that phase where he repeats everything he hears. Every now and then he'll be chatting away to himself or his toys and he'll say something like, "Mummy loves you" or "good job, well done" and it makes me so happy because it means he's taking it all in.

We went to visit my partner's mum the other weekend and she cooked tea for us all, and at the end of the meal he said, "Nanny cook nice tea, well done Nanny." She looked so taken aback, I thought she was going to cry!

He's bloody wonderful.

My 10 year old created a treasure hunt with clues hidden all through the house that eventually lead to a lovely handmade mother's day present last year. They felt bad that their dad hadn't given them money to buy a present so spent all day creating this surprise..😍

On my birthday a few years ago two of my children (will have been 9 and 7 then) worked together and made decorations for the walls for my birthday. They made bunting and wrote nice messages on each flag. They drew pictures and stuck them on the walls. All for me to wake up to.
I don't have any family so my birthdays are a quiet affair. It made me feel seen and loved

My son is autistic and really struggles with communication and interaction. He's always been very loving, but was always the cuddlee, woud put his arms down by his sides and be squeezed. I will never forget the first time he cuddled me, at about 4 years old. We were on a relatively deserted beach, I was sat watching him having a paddle and he just randomly came up and cuddled me. I cried like a baby.

He also didn't talk until almost 4. I always tell him I love him, and he would repeat it back. One day out of nowhere, he responded with "I really big love you" and it just melted me. His speech is much better now at 5 (never stops talking!) but this has become pur thing, usually it becomes a competition to see who can get the most "reallys" in!

I mean every time my 3 year old says 'I love you mummy' without me saying it first, it gets me

This morning I said bye to him at nursery, said 'love you see you later!' And he turned around, ran back and gave me the biggest hug. He doesn't normally do that, so it was extra sweet 🥺

When mine was three he very carefully removed a squashed daisy from his pocket, that he’d found in the garden at nursery and brought home to give to me. Still makes me teary to think about it!

My DS had a significant speech and language delay, didn't really talk until 4. It was a snow day, we live in the south east so not really happened before so DS was so excited.

We had the best day playing in the snow and he said to me, 'mummy, I love you in the snow'. He was such a wonderful day. I printed of a photo of him from that day and wrote what he said on the back, I'll treasure with forever.

Aw, these are such heartwarming stories.

Recently I received a call my grown son, thanking me for telling him to invest his money. He had just been to the financial adviser and was impressed with the amount his savings had grown. We did something right!

And just the other day, our other son and family were visiting, GS10 was adamant that Grampa come to watch him play basketball next Tuesday. Love that.