MIA

I apologize for being MIA for so long. Things in my life got a little crazy there for a bit but I am going to make more of an effort to blog here more often. I have lots to say, goodness knows that. It's just sometimes I lack the time to sit and write about all the things swirling in my head.

I had thought this year would start out so much differently than it has. It feels like I spent the entire month of January running from here to there and back again. I remember someone telling me how much more time I would have once my son started kindergarten but to be honest, I have had so much less time. I feel like I am constantly on the go.

Now the voices of wisdom say "Wait until first grade. Then you will have time." Maybe that's true but the thought of not seeing him hardly at all makes it not all that sweet of a goal. I remind myself, on those days that he is driving me crazy, that I am going to miss these hours that I currently have to spend with him. Next year I will see him for a couple hours in the hectic morning race to get up, ready and out the door and a couple hours in the evening in the crazy evening race of dinner, homework, bath and bedtime.

I'm not looking forward to that.

Life never stands still. Not even for a moment. Not even when it is what we desperately want. Sometimes I wish I had the power to freeze time. At least to slow it down so I could take it all in - breathe deep and really, really live in the moments that are flying by so fast.

I have a Post It on the wall next to me that says "It can all change in the blink of an eye." Not only can it - it does.

Blink. Blink. Blink.

And so it goes.