The Years Are Short

Today a friend in Washington posted this on Facebook.  She was lamenting the fact that her son was going to be a senior in high school next year and how that could possibly be.  When Andrew was born, I became part of a Mom's group.  There were six stay-at-home moms who had babies within 6 months of each other.  We started meeting once a week because we were all struggling a bit with our new roles and the loss of our identities.  The group remained strong through the time we lived in Vancouver, WA - and we added a few more moms.  The core group remained the same, and all of the other families added more children, Andrew was the only child of the bunch.  We have remained in contact through the years, by Christmas cards and more recently through Facebook.  If you read my blog, you know that I am struggling a bit with the speed in which time is racing by.  This video, by a woman named Gretchen Rubin, happiness-project.com,  perfectly embodies what I have been writing about.  In our case, it wouldn't be a bus ride, but it might be a trip in our Nissan van, a story about our dog Kallie, or a project in the yard that we tackled.  Enjoy this video and share your own stories about how you remember the early years of being a parent.  Thanks go out to my friend Stephanie for bringing it to my attention today.  This sounds like a website I will enjoy and be inspired by!  Until Later - Julie