"The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. . . . I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less.”
-Anna Quindlen(Loud and Clear [2004], 10–11
I think that says it all!
Addie ate a LOT of cupcake that day! Her first! :)
ReplyDeleteSo, I am guessing she did not sleep? Lol!
Just kidding, what a nice reminder.
Thanks for sharing this. It just reminds me how time flies and how I need to slow down to enjoy the little ones as much as I can.
ReplyDeleteFound you via MBC!! =) and I LOVE this post!
ReplyDeleteWe really need to live in the moments because they are what life is worth living for.
ReplyDeleteHi! I'm visiting from MBC. Love your blog.
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