I played outside with my kids yesterday and today. Tonight
when we played in the sunset; the
shadows of us where cast on the side of the house and I kept thinking of how
perfect it all was.
I thought of Peter Pan and Never land and of my boys being
little children forever.
Then I realized that someday I will sit down to dinner with
my children all grown up and they will be independent and off in their own homes
and I will look at them all and think “it was just yesterday that we all played
in the yard when my boys where just learning to run”
I am grateful that today, yesterday really was just the day
before today, and that the shadows of my little ones are still small.
. (PS if you have never READ Peter Pan by JM Barrie I highly
recommend it)
Last night I had the uncomfortable thought that someday I would be dealing with four stinky teenage boys. I need to hang on to these precious moments while they're sweet and little, but also do my best now to help them to be awesome teenagers, ones that I'll actually want to hang out with. Still, it's a sobering thought, and I really need to get back into taking more pictures (and possibly blogging them) and making memories of the little years.
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