Days Go By...

Could the days really go by any faster?

I've been thinking of how quickly life happens and I finally understand why our elders tell us to just enjoy being a kid while we can!!

Let's see...all of the following has happened or will be happening within the next 6 months...time flies!!!

* Ben and I will celebrate our 4 year anniversary
* It will be 4 years since we purchased our house in Brighton
* Josie will turn 1 year old
* Macie will turn 3 years old
* It's been 5 years since I've graduated college and...
* 9 years ago at this time I was moving in to the Greenville College dorms
* I'll be two...yes two years away from the age of 30

So does everyone remember those all too familiar sayings that you dreaded hearing over and over when you were so eager to grow up???

Sayings like..."enjoy your freedom while you can"..."with age comes responsibility"..."you have your whole life ahead of you"...

Well...I now have a completely different understanding of those warnings. As a teenager I remember feeling like they were sending me the message that its not "fun" to grow up. I figured all of the talk about responsibility and losing freedom, etc. was just to make us think that growing up was a "negative" thing.

However, I now think they were really just helping us to treasure and value our time. All of that growing up IS fun and it's NOT negative at all. With all of the responsibility and lack of freedom comes happiness...like marriage, children, family, life long friends, memories, experiences, etc. It's not that growing up is such negative thing...it's just that our elders knew and had already experienced something that we had not. They had seen firsthand how fast life moves and were trying to instill in us the idea of treasuring our time.

Its so much more obvious now because I can see daily changes in my kids. They are still so young, but I know that it won't be long until they are not so "little" anymore! So...now I've realized that in just a few years I'll be repeating those same sayings to my own kids in an effort to help them appreciate and enjoy life and all it has to offer!! My goal now is to live, love, enjoy and appreciate the life I've been blessed with! So, thank you to each of you! Because if you are reading this then you have contributed to my happiness in some way throughout the years!! Have a great day!!