The Little Things

“The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. … I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less”

~Anonymous~

I'm going to pay more attention to this...
and love every minute of this...and adore that I have two little girls who are "best sisters"...

and be grateful I have a little bit of precious that can make me so mad and yet so happy...

and TREASURE that my Jada is going to be 5.

I hope I can remember to cherish the little things. Even though life can get SO hard with all the day by day challenges, I never want to forget the silly looks my kids give me, the innocence in their eyes and all of their random thoughts. Sometimes I wish time would just stand still....