After reading Jillian's blog, I really wanted to add something of my own....
Yes...it is true that when your children are babies and toddlers the days seem to drag by while you are changing diapers, washing clothes, kissing boo-boos, making meals and cleaning up after them. But somehow; the days turn into weeks, weeks into months, months into years and suddenly you are looking at them as adults. How did my oldest child, my son, turn into a man with children of his own and adult responsibilities? This is the 6 year old boy that told his teacher "No thank you...I don't want to eat lunch with you at school. I'd like to go home to my mommy." How did my baby girl, who was so stubborn that she wore mismatched dresses and socks everywhere, grow up to be such a wise mother (who by the dresses very fashionably!)? Let me tell you how...while I was so busy washing clothes, kissing boo-boos, making meals, taking them to t-ball, softball, baseball, roller-skating, swimming, football, ballet, jazz, basketball, CCE, church and school...they were slowly leaving me. I look back at my impatience with them and remember how I thought "This too shall pass" and praying that it would...quickly!!! Now, as I sit and look at my beautiful adult "children" I wonder, "Why was I in such a hurry?" Those long hard days of fussy babies and crying toddlers were interspersed with hugs and kisses that I'd give my eye teeth (and molars, incisors and canines) for!!! Now I beg my adult son to hug me, praying the day will come when he again tells me he loves me. My daughter is a mom herself and I listen empathetically to her daily struggles and smile knowing it will pass all too quickly. I'm a grandma now...such a wonderful, exciting, joyful roll. I thank God for each day that I get to see, or even just hear, about my youngest blessings. I find myself begging to have special one on one time with each of them...because I now know that time passes much, much too quickly and I realize that my time on this earth will not be forever. I savor every moment I have with my grandchildren AND my children. God has blessed me richly...I only wish that I knew back then what I know now......
Yes...it is true that when your children are babies and toddlers the days seem to drag by while you are changing diapers, washing clothes, kissing boo-boos, making meals and cleaning up after them. But somehow; the days turn into weeks, weeks into months, months into years and suddenly you are looking at them as adults. How did my oldest child, my son, turn into a man with children of his own and adult responsibilities? This is the 6 year old boy that told his teacher "No thank you...I don't want to eat lunch with you at school. I'd like to go home to my mommy." How did my baby girl, who was so stubborn that she wore mismatched dresses and socks everywhere, grow up to be such a wise mother (who by the dresses very fashionably!)? Let me tell you how...while I was so busy washing clothes, kissing boo-boos, making meals, taking them to t-ball, softball, baseball, roller-skating, swimming, football, ballet, jazz, basketball, CCE, church and school...they were slowly leaving me. I look back at my impatience with them and remember how I thought "This too shall pass" and praying that it would...quickly!!! Now, as I sit and look at my beautiful adult "children" I wonder, "Why was I in such a hurry?" Those long hard days of fussy babies and crying toddlers were interspersed with hugs and kisses that I'd give my eye teeth (and molars, incisors and canines) for!!! Now I beg my adult son to hug me, praying the day will come when he again tells me he loves me. My daughter is a mom herself and I listen empathetically to her daily struggles and smile knowing it will pass all too quickly. I'm a grandma now...such a wonderful, exciting, joyful roll. I thank God for each day that I get to see, or even just hear, about my youngest blessings. I find myself begging to have special one on one time with each of them...because I now know that time passes much, much too quickly and I realize that my time on this earth will not be forever. I savor every moment I have with my grandchildren AND my children. God has blessed me richly...I only wish that I knew back then what I know now......
