Growing Up

-   You don’t know how long you’ve got until your kids question the things you want them to do.  He almost didn't do this photo.  He even kind of questioned my parenting skills saying if he gets run over by the train, I will be jailed. It reminded me that he's growing up at the speed in which I wish I lost weight.    

Kids don’t stay the same.

Take advantage of the young years when you can still kiss them on the lips without them wiping it. 

When they ask to be carried, resist the urge to say no when you’re not in any danger of permanently injuring your back anyways.  Because there will come a day when they won’t even want to be seen with you.

When they just won’t sleep in their own room … or in their own bed, let them sleep beside you.  There’s something so sweet about having your child fall asleep in the crook of your arm, even if hours later, you wake up finding yourself with a size 10 foot where your glasses used to be.   

Whatever today is, you will never have it again with your child/ren, because tomorrow, they will older and slightly different.  Try to answer all their questions, even the difficult ones like where they came from, because someday, they won't even tell you where they're going.