I’ve thought about this a lot over the past year.
How is it that I pray for time to pass quickly until J comes home,
but in the same breath I pray to savor each and every moment with the girls. To treasure them and love them and for this time, while they are babies, to pass slowly.
That doesn’t even make sense!!!
On one hand I am THRILLED that J will be home in a matter of weeks.
Thrilled doesn’t even begin to cover it.
But then I look at my girls and can’t believe how quickly time is passing with them, and it makes me sad. Well, not sad. I’m just not one of those mommies that cries on birthdays saying “I’m so sad they are growing up!”. That’s not how I feel. I feel joy that they are seeing another year, that they are here and that I am here to watch them grow.
So i don’t feel “sad”…I just can’t believe it.
For example, yesterday Sadie was wearing one of Harper’s old dresses:
so I went and found this:
they were almost exactly the same age. i remember sitting in that front yard at our old house, watching harper mow the lawn. And it seems like it was yesterday.
But yet Jimmy leaving for Afghanistan seems like YEARS ago.
See what I mean? It doesn’t make sense!!
Or that right after he left, Harper threw this fit:
and that this was her today in that same chair, throwing a fit b/c i wouldn’t let her go to school (pesky fever)!!
LOOK at her!! Is that really the same sweet girl??
Okay, enough cheesy reminiscing, heee!!
I did another Studio Calico Soda Fountain layout yesterday.
I just loved the color combination, die cut circles, and chipboard accents on my “Doll Baby” layout (see post below), so I decided to lift myself and do a similar layout. Nothing wrong with that if you ask me!!
So that’s about it in my neck of the woods. How are you? Any big plans for you this weekend? None here, of course! Well, except for playing outside and trying to get Harper over her nasty cold. Bless her little heart.
Also, I think I’ve answered most of your questions in the comments section and through email. If you have a question ask in the comments section and I’ll answer it there!
Happy Friday!!
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