Precious

The time God gives us is so precious and valued. At any given second, we could leave our earthly home and enter into our eternal one. So the little moments that happen on earth are to be something treasured. The other day I was nannying, I'm a weekend nanny, and I was playing with the younger daughter of the two. As I was playing with her, I realized that if I said her full (first and middle) name, she would give me a huge grin! It was so precious. I know that she and her sister aren't my children, but honestly the bond that I build with the children I babysit is larger than life. When I was in junior high, I started calling them "my kids" because that's what they are to me. They may not be my flesh or blood, but I see them so often and have such a love for them that I call them, mine. It's absolutely precious.