Thankful

I am so thankful that I have two healthy children and did not have any problems getting pregnant with them. I was reading an article today online about a little boy who was born with trisomy 18 and lived for 99 days. While viewing the tribute video on youtube, there were other videos suggested about other children who either lost their battle in some way or won but had some battle scars. It made me realize just how lucky I am that my children are healthy and happy. It also made me miss spending more time with them since I have to work. I know that may sound selfish to some that I want to spend more time with my children and would rather not work. However, we are not promised a tomorrow and if something horrible did happen, I would feel so bad for not spending more time with my children.

My youngest is changing daily and some of the changes I did not notice until I was off work this past week and got to spend a lot of quality time with him. My little girl is also changing. When I look back at where she was just a year ago, I am amazed at how much she has grown up and changed in appearance over this past year. It truly is baffling why time speeds up the older we get. I guess it is a downhill race of sorts and when you get to the bottom - it is over. The more time you go down the hill, the faster you get and it seems as if weeks fly by. Remember when you were a kid and it seemed like it took forever for Christmas to come back around or for school to be out for summer? If only time would be that slow again and give me the opportunity to really soak up the memories of watching them grow up.