thursday love
when the heck did this happen?
i feel like i stop.
i mean really STOP.
i am still.
i am present.
but i can't help but notice
how quickly everything is going.
i try not to think about
my ever-growing to-do list
when he wants all of my attention.
i try to remember that he is only
this
little
once.
new words come bubbling out of his mouth
as he climbs and pulls himself up, past the beginner slide,
to the highest slide at the playground.
my heart breaks wide open
as he screams with delight,
sliding down into his papa's open arms
before doing it again and again.
i want this sweetness to last.
i want his little-boy-goodness
to stretch into childhood,
through his teen years and
into adulthood.
no matter how still i am.
no matter how present i can be.
only time will tell.
and it's speeding by.
daddy-o and I were just talking about this very thing last night.
ReplyDeleteHe says to me as we got into bed, "does it seem like things are going really really fast? Like he is learning and doing things at light speed?" All I could do was mutter, "mmmhh" and try not to hold my breathe at the fact that having a baby in the house makes the world spin just a little bit quicker.
xo