Babysitting Hailey

I just came home from having a wonderful lunch and after doing some little chores, happen to come across a baby toy. At first, I thought it was one of my dogs toy, but it wasn't. Last week, I had babysat a little seven month old angel named "Hailey", and it was one of her toys. I absolutely love this baby girl and even though I get nervous (because it's been so long since I've taken care of a baby) she is a joy. This house feels like a home that's full of energy and love when she's here. Well, on this particular babysitting adventure, I was a little more nervous than usual. You see, I was going to have Hailey for seven hours! Happy day! What I was nervous about was not feeding or burping her...and it wasn't about changing her diapers or playing with her...but, it was about nap time. And it really wasn't about rocking this little angel to sleep for her nap. What I was nervous about was what was she going to do when she wakes up and sees that her mom isn't here, but me? Sure enough, she falls asleep and I place her on a safe makeshift bed. Just looking at her little fingers, nose and lips took me back to when Clay was a baby...seems like yesterday. While Hailey is napping, I rinse out the baby bottle and keep checking in on her. As the time is nearing for her to wake up, I lay down beside her and just marvel at how God made us. Then I see her starting to move a little bit and suddenly, her eyes open. I couldn't believe what she did when she saw me, and trust me, I'll never forget it but out of the blue, she focused in on my face and the most beautiful, sweetest, darling smile I'd ever seen, comes across her face. She reaches her tiny hand towards my face and ever so lovingly poked me in the eye....Ha Ha. I carefully pick her up and just squeezed her as gently as I could. To say I was relieved would be putting it mildly but how precious, just how precious are babies? I look so forward to seeing her again and hopefully making more memories with her like I did with my son when he was little. Gosh, time does seem to go by so very fast. In my memories, time is not a factor. It's the events that are the factors. Just the event with no time. Maybe one day I'll learn how to focus on actual events instead of passing irritations or future 'what ifs'. After all, in heaven, there will be no clocks. One day,we will wake up and the face we see will be His and I dont know about you...but I plan on smiling!