My boys are seventeen years and one day apart. When I was a little girl, I remember thinking that the days would never end. I would wake up with little expectation of all the things I had to accomplish that day, and for the most part, I was just able to do what my heart desired. Even after I entered school, I knew that once I ran out of my classroom at 3:00pm, I could go out and play with my neighborhood friends until the sun went down.
But the older I got, every year that passed, time seemed to go faster and faster. What happened to all those long, lazy days, because now life just seems to fly by? On Friday we celebrated my oldest son's twenty-fourth birthday, which was bad enough...how could I be old enough to have a son that is more than two decades old? But to add insult to injury, my baby, my last, my caboose child turned seven yesterday. How could my final child be that old already? I remember promising myself that I would enjoy every minute of this child's life, because I felt my two oldest got the short end of the stick. We had to work so hard when they were little, life was just beginning for us as a family, and we had to work two and three jobs to make ends meet. In the blink of an eye Niall was off to college and Siobhan was entering high school.
Then we were blessed with our little Eoin who is the perfect third child. He will not allow us to ignore him. He demands our attention, which I am very thankful for, but how did seven years pass so quickly? He is now in school full day, and I know that if I allow it to happen, he will be off to college before I know it.
How to balance it all?? And today's blog is mostly to remind myself of what I already know. Work will always be there, but the time you miss with your family and friends is hard to get back. I think it is important that we all make time to spend with those we love, and, because I know this is important to your physical health, make time to take care of yourself as well. Time will continue to fly by, because life is like that, but remember to be present in your life. Try not to let work take over, and spend as much time as you can with those you love. As the old saying goes, at the end of your life you will never wish you had worked more, but you will most likely wish you had more time with the special people in your life. Now hopefully I can follow my own advice...
But the older I got, every year that passed, time seemed to go faster and faster. What happened to all those long, lazy days, because now life just seems to fly by? On Friday we celebrated my oldest son's twenty-fourth birthday, which was bad enough...how could I be old enough to have a son that is more than two decades old? But to add insult to injury, my baby, my last, my caboose child turned seven yesterday. How could my final child be that old already? I remember promising myself that I would enjoy every minute of this child's life, because I felt my two oldest got the short end of the stick. We had to work so hard when they were little, life was just beginning for us as a family, and we had to work two and three jobs to make ends meet. In the blink of an eye Niall was off to college and Siobhan was entering high school.
Then we were blessed with our little Eoin who is the perfect third child. He will not allow us to ignore him. He demands our attention, which I am very thankful for, but how did seven years pass so quickly? He is now in school full day, and I know that if I allow it to happen, he will be off to college before I know it.
How to balance it all?? And today's blog is mostly to remind myself of what I already know. Work will always be there, but the time you miss with your family and friends is hard to get back. I think it is important that we all make time to spend with those we love, and, because I know this is important to your physical health, make time to take care of yourself as well. Time will continue to fly by, because life is like that, but remember to be present in your life. Try not to let work take over, and spend as much time as you can with those you love. As the old saying goes, at the end of your life you will never wish you had worked more, but you will most likely wish you had more time with the special people in your life. Now hopefully I can follow my own advice...
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