Just what Happens

I heard a line from a song:
“Life is what happens to you when your busy making other plans.”
*raising hand*
Guilty!!
Tonight I really looked at my daughter as she steppped into my shoes and attempted to clomp around in them. WOW..when did she grow so much? When did she decide to be SO grown up for the age of 5. (if you ask her its 5 and 3/4…birthday coming up ya know)
While watching her it really hit me. TIME and LIFE is happening and I have been SO damn busy working and planning and doing nothing and everything all at the same time. She is growing up, as well as the other two, and it just seems to go faster and faster every year. I know this isnt a NEW observation – just one I got hit hard by tonight.
I only get my children HALF TIME so that means I get to MISS the other HALF. I really hate that. Makes me want to stop the clock and just make them stay little for just awhile longer. Just play and be innocent and happy.
As I heard the middle one start to giggle at her and then heard her join in…
I REALLY listened.
I want to take that sound and put it in a box and put it high on the shelf.
I want to be able pull that box down and smile when the day comes that she fills those same size shoes.
I want to remember that sound and that moment forever.
I want to keep this moment of LIFE and not make any other plans.