Dear Life,

Dear Life,

Please slow down. You are moving at a rate than I cannot keep up with. Every morning I wake up very tired and every night I go to bed just as tired but wondering where my day went. David turned 25 today which means we have known each other for 8ish years now! Calvin is crawling like a champ, has 7 teeth and three on the way, plays peek-a-boo, can pull himself up and stood on his own for about 3.5 seconds. Life, you are zooming by and I don't know how to make you slow down. If you get a chance take a vacation and let me catch up okay? Thanks.

Sincerely,

Emily

I am sure I am not alone on this. I don't know if it's the busy jam packed schedule of ours, Calvin's quickness in hitting all the major milestones, or the combination of both but I feel like I can't catch up to life. Life is just dragging me behind like those old cowboy movies when the cowboy falls off the horse and his ankle is still stuck in the stirrup. That is me...I am that cowboy (well in my case cowgirl) stuck in the stirrup! HELP!

Yesterday I felt like I saw Calvin grow. He went to sleep a baby and woke up a bigger baby. (wow, go figure. My baby is growing up)

It is the little things that get me. For instance, Calvin has had two bottom teeth for the past two months and it is the cutest thing ever! When he smiles it seriously melts my heart! Well, when he woke up yesterday morning another tooth had halfway popped up making him have 3 bottom teeth! Am I pathetic or what? I mean it's not like I expected him to have only two bottom teeth for the rest of his life it's just the fact that it's happening so quick. If you aren't a mom yet you just wait and if you are a mom I know you understand me!

Anyways, things like that really get to me. So yesterday, on my way home from the grocery store, I was just about in tears thinking of how fast life was going by and trying to figure out ways to slow it down. I thought about many different things I could do until finally I heard the Lord tell me to be thankful for every moment I have. Right then with big ol' alligator tears I started thanking the Lord for every moment and blessing He has given me. I have had 8 wonderful months with my baby boy and how precious has every moment been. Lord willing, I will have many many more memories with many many more kids (haha maybe a couple more kids)

After I had some good time thanking Jesus I felt so much better.

Growing up and going through life changes is really difficult for me. I know this may seem silly and it's kind of hard for me to even write it because I know many people so close to me are going through way harder issues than life going fast. I am a firm believer that being thankful for what the Lord has given you can make things a lot better or at least more manageable so I thought it was worth mentioning.

Now this is not to say that as soon as I got home I didn't feel any "time is flying by" emotions but I knew what I needed to do. I started thanking the Lord again. I am thankful for a heavenly Father that is quick to hear my prayers and is gracious to give me peace even in things as simple as life going by fast.

Thank you Jesus.