Where Did The Time Go?

Today is my daughters 22nd birthday and I sit here wondering where all those years went. She jokingly sent me a text at 3a.m. this morning to "remind" me of the fact that I was in labor 22 years ago today, as if a woman who had natural child birth would ever need a reminder of that! :) My reply to her was; "Actually I was in labor with you on the 18th and it took you until the 19th to get here, so since the very beginning you have been running late! Which even though funny stands as a truth to this day.
Those of you that have young kids please take the time to de-stress and just sit and spend time with them. If you have a major talker as my daughter has always been, the babbling will test your patience skills but don't look at it from that perspective. Soak up the moment that your child enjoys being with you and sharing all those goofy, silly thoughts in his or her head that comes from their innocence. Even if your kids are older don't let the things that won't matter this time next year cause you to miss an opportunity to spend time with them. As a mom who sits here shaking her head in wonderment of how fast all those precious years flew by I can tell you that you won't regret it.