Mile Stones
When your kids pass through a mile stone, do you tell yourself things like “One step closer to leaving the nest”, and sigh with sentimentality?
I have a longing inside me to hold onto each moment, and remember each one for each child. Even though I know it will be virtually impossible, I have moments that I try to file away and remember certain looks they have, or things they say, or special conversations betwen just them and me.
We had a couple of mile stones in the last couple of weeks. Andy, age 5, lost his first tooth. He is my baby, and my baby is growing up. Shawn, age 17, graduated from High School. He is my baby, and my baby is growing up. And Danny, turned 11. He is now a preteen, but still, another baby who is growing up. I want to hold the moments with them in my heart forever.
When I look at my older kids, I sometimes feel almost like I am having a flash back. You know how the TV shows do it, show them in the present, and then flash back to a previous episode of when they were younger?
That’s what my mind does at times.
I know that looking back isn’t always good, but remembering the times that were good is good, as long as we don’t try to live in the past, or let the past make the present look dull.
My memories of my kids are good ones. I hope their memories of time with me and Dan will always be good ones too.
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