Come Away, Come Away!

For a moment after Mr. and Mrs. Darling left the house, the night-lights by the beds of the three children continued to burn clearly. They were awfully nice little night-lights, and one cannot help wishing that they could have kept awake to see Peter; but Wendy's light blinked and gave such a yawn that the other two yawned also, and before they could close their mouths all the three went out.


There was another light in the room now, a thousand times brighter than the night-lights, and in the time we have taken to say this, it had been in all the drawers in the nursery, looking for Peter's shadow, rummaged the wardrobe and turned every pocket inside out.
It was not really a light; it made this light by flashing about so quickly, but when it came to rest for a second you saw it was a fairy, no longer than your hand, but still growing. It was a girl called Tinker Bell exquisitely gowned in a skeleton leaf--A moment after the fairy's entrance the window was blown open by the breathing of the little stars, and Peter dropped in.
He had carried Tinker Bell part of the way, and his hand was still messy with the fairy dust...

Here are a few pictures of Amaryllis sleeping on our trip. I usually don't get to watch her sleep because she wakes up as soon as I open the door, but she was so exhausted I got to steal a glimpse and had time to take picts. I'm probably the only person in the world who loves these precious snapshots but oh well!

How is it, as a mom, you can stand there mesmerized, and feel your heart melt at the sight of your sleeping babe?

Motherhood

comes

in

moments.