Perhaps, this is the most intense of all the emotions I've experienced as a mother - Attachment! Sometimes, when I yearn for a a few hours of off from looking after them and when it does happen, I yearn to be back with them in no time. Sometimes, when I breathe a sigh of relief after they are asleep, having waited for it for several hours, all that I like to do is watch them sleep. There's an emptiness in their absence - even while they sleep!