Sometimes you visit a blog and realize you and the blog’s writer are kindred spirits. I felt that way when I first visited Be Still a Minute’s blog. Her words hit home with me each time I read them. I haven’t been through all the things she has in her life, but I do feel like I have learned from them. You are blessed to get to read some of her wonderful today.
I’m Gonna Miss This
We live in a small town. The kind you can’t go to the post office or grocery store without running into someone you know and it never fails that each time I have my boys (ages 12 and 8) with me, someone will say, “My, those boys sure are growing up on you… getting so big, aren’t they?!”
And I always say, “Yes, they sure are.”
Funny how that happens. But when we see them every day we don’t realize just how fast it is happening which is why it is so very important to take time out now and then, pause our lives for a moment, snap a few photos, write a blog post or just take a big deep breath of the here, the present, the right now….the life that is happening all around us.
I’m not going to lie, life with my two boys, who are in an almost constant state of sibling rivalry, can get a little hectic at times. Okay that’s an understatement. It can get downright insane and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to take deep breaths while simultaneously counting down and praying for the strength not to jump on the crazy train and bang my head against the wall.
And yet somehow, miraculously, by the grace of God, I find myself remembering to be thankful for the noise, the dirty socks all over the house that never match up when I wash them, the cleats, book bags, and ball gloves that I’m forever tripping over, the stinky guinea pig cage that I know I will have to remind them to clean yet again, the countless trips to the baseball field, the piles of dirty laundry that never end and the all too common arguments over the bathroom sink, laptop or last chocolate chip cookie.
Because just like that Trace Adkins song that was so popular a couple of years ago I know that one day, in the not so distant future, I’m gonna miss this….I’m gonna want this back…I’m gonna wish these days hadn’t gone by so fast…
I already find myself missing the days when they still sat on my lap, held my hand, couldn’t go anywhere without that favorite ball cap or priceless Curious George stuffed animal, asked for “piggy-ride backs” to bed and thought I knew everything.
So I will continue to remind myself to pray, breathe, pause life for a moment, and just be thankful for the present…the here… the right now, no matter how chaotic it is, because those two boys of mine? They sure are growing up on me!
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Yes, soak every bit of that up. It’s over, way way way too fast!
Beautiful.
It’s so true. Those moments with our wee ones are all too fleeting because they grow so fast. Thanks for reminding me to stop and squeeze my three year old before he has the strength to fight me off 😉
Yes, beautiful. We have a big sibling rivalry at my house too, but I also know I’ll miss these days. I need to take more moments to be grateful.
This was a very good reminder. It makes me sad how very fast it goes. In an instant it seems they are all grown up.
It does go so quickly!! Need to cherish these moments.
I love that Trace Adkins song! It’s such a good reminder.
It does go fast. But I won’t be sorry when they outgrow MegaBlocks. For real.
One of my favorite sayings about parenthood: “The days are long, but the years are short.”
Thank you for your nice comment over at Team Skelley! I love the Meep Meep aliens too! 😀
This is so beautiful! Right now, with school starting tomorrow it feels like I’m nothing BUT ready for them to get out of my hair for a few hours. But I know after a few days, I will miss the noise and teh craziness!
It is so true. So amazing how they grow, and so true. Well written. Glad I saw the link on twitter or I might not have made a moment for myself to stop by. Too busy focusing on 900 other things. Love this.
I am feeling this so much right now. my oldest started 1st grade yesterday and I find myself wanting last year back so bad. but at the same time I love who he is so much right now that I would then miss right now 🙂
This is so true. I was looking at my son’s baby pictures the other and missing him terribly as a baby.
The feeling was really beautiful! Haven’t tried it before but the experience was awesome. Thanks for sharing this post!