Mums and Bubs

When you come up to me and say I love you,⁣
my response will always be, "I love you more."⁣
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Because I’ll always love you more.⁣
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And I was warned I was going to fall in love with you,⁣
but I didn’t realize how deep.⁣
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It’s a love at first kick, heartbeat, and sight kind of love.⁣
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It’s a feeling of tiger-like fierceness that comes out when you get picked on or hurt,⁣
It’s a melty feeling I get when you say, “I love you,”⁣
it’s grace and forgiveness when you’re testing me by stomping away and a slam of the door,⁣
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because I love you more.⁣
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And when you do something I’m proud of—something kind or impressive you worked so hard to achieve—I feel a bubble of pride in my chest, more prideful than if I’d done it myself,⁣
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because I love you more.⁣
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I love the feeling of you draping yourself on me,⁣
of you kissing the back of my head,⁣
when we’re doing anything together with you smiling,⁣
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because I love you more.⁣
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I’m my best self, simply when I’m near you,⁣
because I want to be the best mom and role model for you,⁣
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because I love you more.⁣
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Even when you grow older and don’t hug me at every opportunity⁣
because you’re embarrassed.⁣
I’ll accept that phase,⁣
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because I love you more.⁣
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And when that needy, clingy love is replaced by the love you have for me as a person, not a caregiver. When you become more independent and need my support more and my presence less,⁣
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I’ll always be there.⁣
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No matter how old you are.⁣
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Because I love you more.⁣
𝘈𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴.
📸: This Mama Doodles
Living FULL, by Danielle Sherman-Lazar

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