'Tis the Season!

It's that time of year...end of school and beginning of baseball and softball. Just looking at our calendar gives me anxiety! And, dance classes two nights a week are coming to an end, which means the end-of-year dance showcase is on the horizon. I think we'll finally get to catch our breaths around mid-June. Oh, and there's full-time work and a house full of the usual chores that need tending. Whew!

But, I'm truly okay with all of it - the running here and there (pretty much every night), the pile of dishes, the pile of laundry, the barely up-kept house. Because all of that reminds that I'm a mom - I'm a mom spending time with my kiddos helping them do what they love (and are great at) and I'm helping shape them by finding those teachable moments in everything we do. I love going to all of their events because these moments don't last forever, they're not going to always be around (or want me around lol). Once these years are gone, they don't come back. And in a few years they'll be driving, which means they'll drive themselves to where they need to be - I won't, which means those teachable moments will be harder to come across, those one-on-one conversations. Then a few years later they're out of the house and moving on to build their own life, one that you hope you have helped them build over the years.

There is something special in every rushing-around-gotta-get-here-and-there days/nights. Live in those moments - right there, right then. Don't allow yourself to look ahead too far and worry about what's next, because you'll miss what you have at that moment in time. Who cares if it's 9:00 at night after a ball game and there's school and work the next day - stop and get that ice cream or drink. There will always be school and there will always be work, but there won't be that moment again, right then, right there. That's what they'll remember and hold onto - the things you did, the way you made them feel, and hopefully what you said.


Take it all in, pay attention to what is happening in THAT very moment.  You don't want to miss this...