"The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make.... I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less.”
-Anna Quindlen(Loud and Clear [2004], 10–11)
I found this on the top of For The Love of Naps blog and read it over and over and over.. it is something I really struggle with and I just had to share it. How do you cherish the special moments?
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I think that this is something that all parents struggle with. I wish tehre was a pause button... some way to remember every little detail. I think that is why I blog. For me to be able to go back and cherish (again) those little moments and well as the big ones.
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