Experiencing the small moments that can't be explained, characterized, or memorized. Those fleeting moments when your child says something profound, mature, grown-up. Those moments that make you savour the little people they are because you've just seen a glimpse that childhood is a blip and time truly does fly. Because you are "mom," you notice this subtle growing-up in a way no one else possibly could. The connection between my kids and I is the greatest part of being a mom.