Laura Beth Lange

pug lovin’ baby wrangling house gf

[Jason Howerton @jason_howerton]

My 5 year old son has the hardest time going to sleep. He usually will get up out of bed at least once to test me.

Tonight it was twice. Exhausted and frustrated, I could feel my patience waning.

“Daddy!”

“COLTON, GO TO BED,” I barked.

“But daddy, I need you.”

And just like that, I melted. There was something about those words that pierced me. “I need you.”

There will come a day sooner than I’d like where he will say those words to me for the last time. Sons do not need their fathers forever, after all.

So, I walked into his room, I got on one knee and I told him how special it was to me that he needs me to put him to sleep every night. I told him he won’t need me like that anymore when he’s a grown man and so it makes tonight special. I feel like he understood. He was fully in the moment with me.

Then I rubbed his back and his head for a few minutes, kissed him, and said goodnight.

He was asleep 5 minutes later.

I realized that in that moment I could have easily lost my temper and scolded him for refusing to go to bed (something I’m guilty of doing before) — and I would have missed out on this absolutely priceless moment with my young son who is growing by the day. And for what?

The older I get, the more I realize how important the seemingly insignificant decisions we make all day every day really are. They compound just like an investment and over years, you could miss out on an unfathomable amount of value in the most priceless asset: time.

Going to try to remember this night.

[Kelso @97Kelseykb]

Becoming a mom saved my life not ruined it 🫡

[Laura Beth Lange @LauraBethLange]

How do people enjoy gas station cappuccinos

[Laura Beth Lange @LauraBethLange]

Unpopular opinion: Girl Scout cookies aren’t even that good 🤣🤫

[Laura Beth Lange @LauraBethLange]

You shouldn’t have to ask someone to take of their shoes in YOUR house 🫢😑

[Laura Beth Lange @LauraBethLange]

There is nothing more exciting as an adult then new furniture and a new bed at the same time 🥲😂

[Matt Post @MattPostSaysHi]

seagulls seeing you drop food https://t.co/qxIUfyJMyd

[Laura Beth Lange @LauraBethLange]

I actually look forward to when my mom texts me 😂

[Laura Beth Lange @LauraBethLange]

My kid licking her finger to wipe something off of my face has me dying. Little mother hen

[grace @brainsoupp_]

i love it when my pets sigh like what ails you my little unemployed freeloader

[Laura Beth Lange @LauraBethLange]

They need to stop making scream movies 😂

[kay @baabydollkay_]

I need a piercing or a tattoo or a different hair color or IDEKKKKK SOMETHING

[introvert @introvertsmemes]

We should normalize saying “it’s really none of your business” when people ask very personal questions.

[Dan White @atdanwhite]

Taught my dog this new trick where I yell "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" and he keeps barking as loud as he can.

[Laura Beth Lange @LauraBethLange]

Had a package delivered and I told sayler it was for her dad so we couldn’t open it…her reply
“Oh it’s pizza???”

She knows her dad too well 🤣

[Laura Beth Lange @LauraBethLange]

I want to throw away all of my Christmas decor and start over 🥲

[Laura Beth Lange @LauraBethLange]

@itsdougthepug

[Laura Beth Lange @LauraBethLange]

Put cinnamon on my apple so I can pretend it’s pie 🥸

[Laura Beth Lange @LauraBethLange]

Deadweird is still kicking my ass….homegirl can’t hang anymore 😂