The school supplies are labeled, the backpacks are packed and the lunch boxes are full of healthy lunch snacks. \u00a0Yet, as the kids lay nestled all snug in their beds, I am begging and pleading for time to slow down. \u00a0You see this mom is not ready for summer to end, seems it just started and now it’s the end! \u00a0It doesn’t seem fair, how could it be over? \u00a0We didn’t even do most of the things on our list, I feel full of mommy guilt and I’m shaking my fist!<\/p>\n

This thing we call time is spinning too fast, in the blink of an eye, our kids grow right up. \u00a0The time we thought\u00a0we had\u00a0passes us by, before we know it they’ll be\u00a0moving on and saying goodbye. \u00a0Childhood is far too fleeting and bittersweet for my taste. \u00a0\u00a0You see, \u00a0I know how quickly it passes, this is my second time through it and so I know how it goes. \u00a0First time parents think they have years and years and the time will go slow and not disappear. \u00a0However, those of us who\u00a0have been here before, know all too well, how quickly time goes.<\/p>\n

We moms who were\u00a0young enough to start over again with a new set of babes share a secret between us. \u00a0We will tell you don’t blink because if you do, a lifetime will pass and you won’t believe it’s true. \u00a0It’s scary and real,\u00a0but\u00a0we have to accept it,\u00a0life is too short and over too quickly. \u00a0We try to hold on kicking and screaming to push back the hours, days and the months. We want to\u00a0just slow it all down but\u00a0we know it’s futile, we don’t stand a chance but we try nonetheless in our\u00a0warrior stance.<\/p>\n

So, I’m not thrilled that another school year is thrust upon us. Unless some magical power comes over me tonight and somehow I am able to win the fight and turn back the time and start summer again, I will have to grin and rejoice at the dawn of the day and send my children along to start a new year. \u00a0It’s harder than hard since my baby starts school and I just want to hold him and not let him go, but I know that he has much to learn and explore.\u00a0 The best thing comes\u00a0at the end of the day, I can hold him as he\u00a0shares all he did that first\u00a0day. \u00a0 I will hold him and smile and laugh as he does. He\u00a0will not see the tears fall from my eyes, instead I will secretly\u00a0\u00a0wipe\u00a0them\u00a0and treasure the moment and everything\u00a0in it.<\/p>\n

I urge you my friends to understand that no matter your age or the stage you are in, it will pass all too quickly without warning and leave you wondering just where the years went. \u00a0You won’t have an answer, you will not even believe how fast time can fly. \u00a0It’s then you will understand all too well that we’re\u00a0not in control.\u00a0We live a life, then it’s over and\u00a0hope those left\u00a0behind are filled with great memories of love from that sweet time we did share. \u00a0 So love on your family and friends while you can because time, is not something that can be bought, stopped or stalled. \u00a0Time is the constant we know will keep moving, so live every day to the fullest you can because time waits for no one and isn’t your friend.<\/p>\n

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