I love this and especially agree that it's impossible to treasure all of those young years with children. That being said, I am trying to treasure the current season since it is less taxing physically and I do find so many things that bring back fond memories of those younger days with my girls. (Side bar, I love About Time and now I want to see We Live in Time!)
Agreed, I'm also trying to savor some parts of parenting young adult kids now (and our last child to finish up high school). We can keep encouraging each other to do that.
We Live In Time is a very different movie than About Time. It probably won't be one that I rewatch regularly like I do About Time. But it does touch on the infinities we live in one lifetime and the messiness of it all.
Thank you. That’s exactly how I felt- wanting to wake my four little children up and say Sorry for yelling and I’m ready to Play now. But I didn’t. Somehow, they grew up to make time to play with their children!
Hi Charlotte thanks for reading. Gosh I remember feeling that way so many nights...it was a constant cycle, regrets in the evening and then survival mode again by the next morning.
My kids don't have their own kids yet but it's encouraging to hear the report on yours.
Thank you Aimee. My 4th is five years younger than my 3rd and I felt like I could be the older parent, telling myself to savor her infancy. Now she is 11 months old. Savoring the toddler years will be a bit different, rather like hanging onto a merry go round with one arm while digging in my heels and drinking a cup of coffee, or something like that!
Thanks for reading Katherine. I love your analogy because there are so many parts of this journey that are actually fun (like a merry go round can be fun)! And sometimes it's double the parts that are hard. It changes moment by moment and you feel about as in control of it all as you do on a merry go round.
I hope there are many beautiful moments and grace for the harder ones.
I was a 5 headed creature, as well, and I read this beautiful piece of your heart while holding my 6-month old grandson (named Augustine, incidentally). And I’ve lost my dad. Grief and love are long. Thank you for this reflection.
I remember reading the beautiful article you shared about losing your Dad, Tresta and feeling a connection of that overlapping space of grief. Thank you for reading, thank you for sharing and oh my goodness I bet you are just loving those moments of holding Augustine!
I love this and especially agree that it's impossible to treasure all of those young years with children. That being said, I am trying to treasure the current season since it is less taxing physically and I do find so many things that bring back fond memories of those younger days with my girls. (Side bar, I love About Time and now I want to see We Live in Time!)
Agreed, I'm also trying to savor some parts of parenting young adult kids now (and our last child to finish up high school). We can keep encouraging each other to do that.
We Live In Time is a very different movie than About Time. It probably won't be one that I rewatch regularly like I do About Time. But it does touch on the infinities we live in one lifetime and the messiness of it all.
Thank you. That’s exactly how I felt- wanting to wake my four little children up and say Sorry for yelling and I’m ready to Play now. But I didn’t. Somehow, they grew up to make time to play with their children!
Hi Charlotte thanks for reading. Gosh I remember feeling that way so many nights...it was a constant cycle, regrets in the evening and then survival mode again by the next morning.
My kids don't have their own kids yet but it's encouraging to hear the report on yours.
Thank you Aimee. My 4th is five years younger than my 3rd and I felt like I could be the older parent, telling myself to savor her infancy. Now she is 11 months old. Savoring the toddler years will be a bit different, rather like hanging onto a merry go round with one arm while digging in my heels and drinking a cup of coffee, or something like that!
Thanks for reading Katherine. I love your analogy because there are so many parts of this journey that are actually fun (like a merry go round can be fun)! And sometimes it's double the parts that are hard. It changes moment by moment and you feel about as in control of it all as you do on a merry go round.
I hope there are many beautiful moments and grace for the harder ones.
Thanks for writing. Also huge About Time fans over here. My husband refers to it almost weekly.
Thanks for reading, Becca. It's seriously a great movie. I don't know of another movie like it. You and your husband clearly have great taste!
I was a 5 headed creature, as well, and I read this beautiful piece of your heart while holding my 6-month old grandson (named Augustine, incidentally). And I’ve lost my dad. Grief and love are long. Thank you for this reflection.
I remember reading the beautiful article you shared about losing your Dad, Tresta and feeling a connection of that overlapping space of grief. Thank you for reading, thank you for sharing and oh my goodness I bet you are just loving those moments of holding Augustine!