I'm Gonna Miss This

I love being a mom. Yea, there are hard days, but right now I'm kind of in an "easy" period. Max is old enough that he sleeps pretty well. As long as I can get my sleep then life is easy. It seems like lately I've been painfully aware that "these are the days." Somehow I know, that when the story of my life is told, this is going to be one of the best parts, but I also know that it will pass much too quickly. Sometimes I feel like I can't savour things enough, I can't get enough of those special moments with Quincy and Max.

Today is one of those days when I planned on feeling stressed. I had alot of things to do and I knew I was going to be busy all day, and I thought it was going to be a hard day to get through. Luckily I'd had a good nights rest and was feeling pretty cheerful. I was in the middle of slathering 50 potatoes with shortning when I looked over to see this.

I'll admit, that sometimes I might look over to see that and get a little ornery about the mess and the wasting. Today all I could do was smile at the little guy. You may be able to hear some of the song in the background, it just happened to be on a cd that I was listening to at the moment. It fits this moment in time perfectly. It's "You're Gonna Miss This" by Trace Adkins. One of the versus says:

Five years later there's a plumber workin' on the water heater
Dog's barkin', phone's ringin'
One kid's cryin', one kid's screamin'
She keeps apologizin' He says: They don't bother me,
I've got 2 babies of my own.
One's 36, one's 23.

Huh, it's hard to believe, but ...

-Chorus-

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back.

You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These Are Some Good Times,

So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

I know that all too soon these days are going to be gone. Oh how I'll miss them. I am going to want them back, I know that. I had the same feeling one day a couple weeks ago. Some great friends were over. I've been so blessed to be able to find the best friends wherever I've been. People who are my family away from family in every sense of the word. Heavenly Father knows how much I need them. Anyway, the friends were over, the kids were swimming, and we were sipping lemonade out in the yard. I almost felt guilty for having such a great "job". I remember distinctly knowing that "these are the days." These are the one's I'm going to long for someday. These are the ones that I'll re-live over and over in my mind someday when I'm sitting in my rocker. I'm so thankful for these days, these kids, these friends.