Yesterday I got after Karlie for trying to mother Derek. She told me, "It is taking to long to be as big as you. I want to be a mom now!" I tried to explain to her that she should just enjoy being a kid for now that she would grow up faster than she could imagine and would be a mother before she knew it. Now having been there before a child never believes that time is going quickly. They want to grow up and be able to do the things their parents do, and yet as a parent I can see how quickly it all goes by. One day you blink, and your grown, and your childhood is over. I know when I met Howard when we were nine I never would have dreamed that eighteen years down the road we would be married with three kids. As I watch them grow the time seems to go even more quickly. Karlie is starting to read and spell already. I thought that was forever away. Derek, I just don't know when he got so big. Brayden will be three months old on Monday. He just laughed for the first time on Wednesday, and he is already trying really hard to sit. He has grown so much already, it's hard to believe.
I hope that remembering how fast they grow up will help me to remember to enjoy each little moment while they are young and not take them for granted because one day I'll blink and they'll all be grown. I think sometimes, especially when things are challenging, it's hard to remember that.
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