Hurry up…..slow down
Today I popped in my wonderful God given husband’s work. I was dropping off a PartyLite host packet for one of the workers who is having a party (DOUBLE FREE PRODUCT IN JANUARY). My youngest, Jack and I visited for a little bit. On our way out, I was starting to get a teensy bit annoyed at how slow my son was walking. He was taking his time, sipping the drink he got from his daddy. So….I took his hand and picked up the pace. After about 10 steps I looked down at my boy and stopped walking. Why? Why was I in such a hurry? We were going to a playdate, but you don’t get penalized for being late to a playdate…..so why was I in such a rush. I didn’t HAVE to be anywhere until 3:30 this afternoon. Jack looked up at me and said “what…why you looking at me?” in his sweet still babyish voice. Then it really hit me…..he was growing up. Here was my youngest, my baby just going on, holding his mommys hand with his still-baby-chubby hand and enjoying his drink. Here was his mommy grabbing his hand to hurry him up for……..no good reason.
Why are we always in such a hurry? I decided to learn a lesson from my little boy. Slow down, enjoy the smaller things…appreciate and treasure this special time with my youngest as he will most likely not hold my hand for long. He will soon be off to school and starting the long journey of growing up and leaving my home. My 9 year old is already half way there….I am no longer allowed to put notes in his lunch box or give him “baby” fruit snacks. I am sorry that Pick N Save had a fruit snack sale and my choices were Toy Story or Disney Princesses. I wonder what he would say if he opened up his lunch box and saw a smiling Cinderella! LOL…but, I digress.
My point is, my dear friend, I pray that in the next few days you can also take an unspoken piece of advice from my Jack. Hurry up and slow down….time moves so fast on it’s own…do we really need to speed it up?
Awww you are so right my dear friend….its just amazing isn’t it. I know that lately I have been slowing down with Bobby too. Bobby and I were cuddling one night, and I told him he had to stop aging anymore that he had to stay my baby….he looked at me and “mom I can’t stop getting older but I will ALWAYS be your baby”…..awww. I just melted. Ally is signing up for high school and I totally don’t know where the time went…..its hard to accept.