{ Stay }

Linking up with Lisa-Jo over at Tales of a Gypsy Mama for this week's Five Minute Friday. The challenge? Write for five minutes using her one-word prompt--no editing, no backtracking, just write.

This week's word: Stay.

Go!

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Stay.

Stay right here.

This is where I want you to be.

Don't try to live in the future.

Don't anticipate this afternoon's naptime and what you hope to accomplish in the 90 minutes she {may or may not} sleep.

Stay here.

Stay with the drowsy mumblings of her half-asleep and nursing.

Stay with the fat cheeks about to split in two from the sheer joy of her huge, huge grin.

Stay in this moment. It will be gone so quickly and you can never get it back.

See how much she has already changed in 4 1/2 short months? Tiny newborn forever gone.

Stay here. Stay right now. I am giving you the gift of this day, hours strung like pearls on a chain of moments, and you can never have more than one at a time. Never have anything but the one I give you right now.

So don't dream about this afternoon, or tomorrow, or when she can crawl, or when she can entertain herself better, or when you will sleep through the night consistently. Today is the gift. Tomorrow is tomorrow's gift, and if you try to live in tomorrow...you miss today.

Stay here. It is the center of my will for you. It is exactly what you need today. It is exactly what she needs today. Love her today. Soak her up today. Kiss Mike with gusto today when he walks back through that door.

Stay.