“The Good Old Days” are Here and Now.

One day, today will be one of “the good old days.”

I sometimes stop to think how one day (if I live to a ripe old age and get to see my little babies grow up and move away), I will look back on these days with my squishy postpartum tummy, my sticky walls and floors, and my long sleep-deprived nights and want these days back. 

I wonder if — when our noisy home becomes quiet once again and no longer rings with the putter patter of tiny toddler feet – I will think of these little moments, and these will be the moments I wish for the most. 

Gosh, it makes me teary-eyed just thinking of it!

Our world today is so hectic and chaotic, and it’s so easy to get wrapped up in the stress of today. But maybe, just maybe, one day, we will look back over our lives and wish that we had just taken a moment to appreciate where we are right now and what we have right now in this moment. 

Time marches on. We will never get this moment back. Even in its imperfection, this moment is a little part of our lives and memories that we may reminisce on one day. 

In this moment, I choose to look over at my almost 5-month-old baby girl where she sits in her bouncy seat and see her kicking her tiny legs and feet, listen to her making gurgling sounds, squealing, and smacking her lips, smell the less-than-perfectly-fresh air (and remember that little people live here!), and feel the full experience of where I am right now in this moment. I am thankful for this little moment today.