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Instead I Held You By Regan Long (www.huffingtonpost.com)

Christine Cissy White 9/25/173:48 AM

Cissy's note: Beautiful essay written by Regan Long and published in the Huffington Post. It was written in 2016 but is new to me. I saw it on my mother's Facebook page this morning. Change and growth happen at all ages and stages, for all of us!

Today my patience has run thin and all I could think about was having a few minutes to myself, but as you fell fast asleep on my chest, it was an easy choice despite a list of things needing to be done.
Because instead ... I held you.

I was going to get the dishwasher unloaded and the overflowing pile in sink washed.
But instead I held you.
I was going to get the clothes folded that have been sitting in the dryer, refluffed one too many times. And I was going to rewash the laundry that sat wet over night.
But instead I held you.

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Lisa FrederiksenMember

Beautiful...thanks for sharing, Cissy!

9/25/177:43 AM

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