Time

Time flies when you're having fun.  Time goes by so quickly.  There are numerous little sayings about time, mostly about it going by too fast.  I remember when I was pregnant with SE so many people saying to enjoy him while he was a baby because you'll blink and one day he'll be a teenager.  I heeded their advice.  I didn't want to rush anything with him...well, I take that back, I tried and tried to get him to sit up and then when he did I cried because the milestone meant he was older.  So after that, I didn't rush anything.  I let him be who he was day by day. 

Now with two, it's a little more difficult to not rush time as the kids kind of do that for me.  One accomplishing new milestones of her own, and the other one is off to music school, singing complete songs, telling me two plus two equals four, playing with our big kid neighbors like he is already 12 years old.

I think about my little ones growing up, getting bigger and stronger, finding their place in this world, in His Kingdom.  I think about the dreams Sean and I have for them, dreams they will one day have for themselves, the dreams I had for them before they were born. 

 SE, you will be a leader in the Kingdom...

you will love people with a tender and sweet heart.

 Finley, you will shine the glory of the Kingdom...

your words will pierce the hearts of the people with the love of God. 

We are all in different time stages...some lovely newlyweds bring me back to when Sean and I first got married. 

Sweet friends in the stages of starting families takes me to when we were desperately trying for SE and then for Finley after having a heart wrenching miscarriage.  Lovely mommas enjoying their newborns reminds me of SE and even 8 months ago little Finley when they were brand new.  Dear sisters discovering their toddlers new found independence and voices. 

As I reflect, I'm learning to value the time and season of life regardless of how exciting or saddening it may be.  I want to create a foundation for our kiddos that God is ALWAYS good and ALWAYS there...that even though His ways are not our ways, we have the choice to trust in Him.  Sadness is not His inheritance for us and that He always, always brings the springtime green of new life.  That the Lord is faithful to all His promises and loving toward all He has made (Psalm 145:13).

And with that stake in the ground for our family, we go along with time, stopping it when we need to because a little one is overjoyed with laughter,

has discovered her ability to move around the room,

got a little injury from playing with the big boys,  

sees her daddy and lights up with a smile that could light the night sky,

is taking in his first football game.

Time you ain't got nothing on us!