Truly Enjoying Family

Everyone I know seems to be busy right now, and no one seems to have an end in sight to the busy-ness.  I'm SO guilty of that myself.  There never seems to be enough time...we rush around every weekday and weekends are planned out before they arrive.  But during all of this, something is happening.

This

Is becoming this

It's happening right before my eyes,

Yet I feel like I miss so much.  I think with every word they say and every step they take, "when did you get so big?"

When you're expecting, and when your child is born, people say to enjoy it because they grow so fast.

There is no way to truly convey that message in understandable terms. 

The sleepless nights (of which there are PLENTY),

The sassy words (see previous parenthesis),

The tantrums (not too terribly bad, actually).

All of the good and all of the bad.  Those moments just hurry by.

I can't stop the time,

But I WILL soak it all up.

Enjoy today!