Before This Day is Gone

Shawn plunked down 3 large containers of baby formula on the checkout counter along with a big box of Huggies baby wipes. We were just on our way home from the park, an evening spent looking at their dazzling light display before the Christmas season was finally over. Dylan needed one last bottle before bedtime, and we were low on formula at home. The lady behind the counter commented after seeing the items on the conveyer belt, “Don’t worry. These days will be over eventually.” She was a mother of five, finally getting her little boy after four precious girls. Shawn laughed with her a bit, an understood knowledge of just what that comment implied. Yes, these years are a lot of work, but my heart is not ready to see them end too quickly. I thought about her comment on the rest of the drive home. We pulled into our driveway, the kids excited about our promise to them before leaving for the park…a fire in the fireplace with some yummy graham crackers, fluffy marshmallows, and a bar of chocolate at their side, the perfect combination for some scrumptious smore’s. We played Christmas music. Anna and Cody danced to it. I sat by the fire and watched. This time in our lives is just perfect. There is no other time or season in our lives that I would rather be. Some day this WILL all be memories. So Cherish~ Every~Moment.