Brrrrr! We woke up to cold temps. this morning and very windy! Our spring weather has left us for a few days! For some reason I'm just not ready to let go of winter yet! My oldest, Chad is graduating in 2 months and this year has flown by faster than any other. I guess the reason that I want to hang on to everyday is because I have come to realize just how fast time really does go ! Especially when your firstborn is all grown up now.I do not want to rush anything....seasons, days ,week-ends, nights just hanging out, meals  etc...I just want to enjoy the moment that I am in! I was reading a book while dh and I were at the beach and I ran across a motto that an older couple shared  with us. This was their motto that had been on their refrigerator for 30 years. I thought it was a mighty good one and here it is:

Now we should live when the pulse of life is strong. Life is a tender thing...fragile,fleeting. Don't wait for tomorrow. Be here now! Be here now! Be here now!

Be here now!

I guess this is how you get when you realize that the time we have to teach our children is only here for an instant. I know that we never stop influencing but looking back we can only hope that they realize just how much you loved them and  only tried to do the very best for them. We hope that they forgave our mistakes  and when they remember their childhood they can only help but smile! And until they have children of their own they won't know just how many times that they were the real  ones teaching us! I am a much better person because of my children!

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