As the saying goes “Time flies.” It’s been a little while since my last post, and during that time, I’ve been thinking about time.  Mostly how time continues marching on even though I wish it would stop so I could take a breath every now and again. My girls are getting bigger before my eyes, and although I feel like I just posted, it’s been two months. I’ve also told myself that I have time to lose the baby weight, but in reality my baby is almost one. At times I can be so impatient and I wish for things to hurry up, but I always end up realizing that time just goes by too fast.

Facebook recently showed me some vacation photos from a trip two years ago. C Bear looks like a baby, and in fact she wasn’t even two then. It seems like just yesterday, but also at the same time so long ago. I feel as if time is playing tricks on me;  alternately going slow until I realize that it’s too late or time has really gone by. LB has a month left of kindergarten, C Bear acts like a teenager, and Little N is almost one. How is it time for my oldest to graduate kindergarten and my youngest to be one?

 

 

Maybe I need to slow down and savor this time, but how do I slow down when we have swim lessons, birthday parties, family events, work, school, and church. I’ve thought about simplifying my life, but I haven’t figured out how or what to cut back on. I think it stems from the fact that I like to do it all, be apart of it all, and master it all. The truth is with three kids I can’t do it all or master it all, so I’m slowly paring down on hobbies, and committing to healthy lifestyle and fun times with my kids. The rest will have to wait until it’s the time to pick it back up. In Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.” At this time, these verses speak to my heart.