When the girls were little we had this special room we did school in. It was painted this really happy yellow and had cute hot pink lockers, real school desks, and a whiteboard. We LOVED our “yellow room”! One day I spilled gold glitter all over the inside of my desk drawer. It was a huge mess- AND it was so beautiful! We stopped and looked at it and decided to leave it as decoration!
I once blew up an inflatable ball pit for them to use in our playroom because it had rained for so many days. I remember almost passing out and seeing spots as they squealed and jumped.
At bedtime, we used to act out the day so they knew what we had to do the next day. I’d pretend to swim, dance, play piano, cook, drive… all really fast until they were giggling. Then we would read Little Quack and I Love You Forever. I’d always cry at the end of I Love you Forever- so Trinity made up a funny song so I’d laugh and tickle them instead.
Tonight I’ve been thinking a lot about the precious memories I have of my girls being little. See, we are getting to the age with Trinity that some of her friends are graduating, we are talking colleges, career paths and even what she wants an apartment to look like someday! She’s learning to drive and schedules her own social things now. Everything is changing…
I’ve cried at every birthday because I SO very much don’t want each part of their lives to change. I could live forever with them ages 5 and 3… or 8 and 6… or 13 and 11! It’s not that I don’t look forward to what is next, it’s just I really LOVE where we are! Can’t we just stay here a bit longer?
The moments we are living in today are so fast and full of busy-ness, but they are the memories we will treasure in just a short time. So as I reflect on this I want to be more intentional about laughing together, hearing their voices, seeing the wonder in their eyes, being excited with them about things that are new to them, and seeing the beauty in the spilled glitter.
