Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Been awhile...

Wow! I did not realize that I had not posted in a month. Life happens and goes at such a rapid pace sometimes that you don't fully realize just how much time has gone by or what things you are missing out on in the "great rush of everyday life". As I sit here jotting down a few thoughts I'm thinking about some of those very things. I look out my window and see that the trees which line a nearby street are now a vibrant red. I could have sworn that just yesterday, only the tops were red and the rest was still green. When I look a little closer, I notice that my curious little toddler has become a thoughtful and smart preschooler who seems to become more independent in what she can do on her own daily. It doesn't seem that it should be that she is learning to write, to build, to explore, and question. But it is, and I need to be fully engaged in each moment of it. I capture a lot of it in pictures. My older girls ask often, "Mom, why are you always taking our pictures?" I respond, " So that I can look back and remember these times. You may not appreciate it now or even care, but one day you will want to look back and remember too. And when you do, they will be here." They usually give me this look of disbelief and keep going to whatever is next up on the plate, but every once in a while I see one or two of them grabbing an old album or photobook from the shelf, browsing and smiling. And I smile too.

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