Perspective

I have been reading Marley and Me by John Grogan this week. It is about a family with a crazy dog, three kids and all that comes with it. I have loved it so far. There was one quote about kids that really caught my attention.

"Even on the worst days, we usually managed to find something to smile over, knowing by now what every parent sooner or later figures out, that these wondrous days of early parenthood- of diapered bottoms, and first teeth and incomprehensible jabber-are but a brilliant, brief flash in the vastness of an otherwise ordinary lifetime. Children serve as impossible-to-ignore, in-your-face timepieces, marking the relentless march of one's life through what otherwise might seem an infinite sea of minutes, hours, days and years."

It really put my life and my children's lives in perspective. They are not going to be cute little ones forever and I need to take advantage of those moments to share with them and keep them in my heart.