No regrets..
Today I had a beautiful newborn come to my home studio to take her newborn pictures. As she took the sweet floral cover off of the carrier I realized for the first time really in a while how quickly time is passing.
Wasn't it yesterday I was planning which cover to get for sweet Milena before she was born? Not knowing whether she was a girl or boy I thought those were the hard choices. Now as I read focus on the family discipling toddlers and James Dobson's parenting the strong willed child it seems like each and every passing moment is fleeting.
Do I set my phone down enough and just watch her? Do I worry less about picking up the toys and tidying up and more about sitting down and playing? Am I so consumed with what is going to be for lunch- or setting out meat for supper that I forget that she is only here for a short time. I've heard so many momma's say, 'I wish I'd have played more with my kids'.. I've never heard a momma say, 'I wish my counter was cleared off more when I was raising babies' or 'I'm so much more thankful that the clothes in the laundry basket were folded & put away instead of wasting time watching her learn how to moo at the cow in the story book..' No I won't regret those moments, I don't regret those moments but as I lay here tonight trying to go to sleep I think 'Valyssa, put your phone down and savor this second today, savor tomorrow.'
God has blessed me with people right in front of me and thankfully today with that sweet newborn shoot made me realize how quickly my little girls life is going and she is only 15 months old! (For those of you with grown kiddos, I can't imagine) I just want to close my eyes, say click and remember some of these little moments forever. So instead of doing that and relying on my brain, which somedays tells me to open the cabinet door and then forgets what for, I will rely on God to slow me down and to give me gentle reminders that life is passing and I better be present. But all the while, I'll say click and grab my camera so just in case I start to forget, I'll have the copies of the moments that I hold so precious to my heart. Put down your smart phone and play, pretty soon they will go from newborn photos
to senior and we'll ask ourselves where the time went...