I tried not to blink. Yet, here I am storing Christmas decorations when it seemed as if I just did that. How had a year passed so quickly? What was there to show for it? A few gray hairs? A dog a year older and slower?
My mother always said: appreciate your school years. Once you’re out time flies by.
I remember thinking: not for me. I will hold on to each moment. I will live each moment with mindfulness.
And, here I am, wondering where the past twenty years have gone.
I think I blinked.
1/19/2018
Sascha Darlington
Perfectly said. I thought exactly the same thing “it won’t happen because I won’t let it happen, I’ll hold on tightly” but it happened anyway and time moved on and continues moving even more quickly with each passing year. I thought it would slow down when the kids were grown, but it’s sped up even faster, like hurtling through space at a frenzied pace. Loved this so much, Sascha. I could equate in every way.
Thanks, Phyllis. Time goes by regardless of what we do.
It does indeed, thankfully, because the alternative isn’t grand! smirk smirk
When I was younger, I wished I was older and Mom would say, “You’re wishing your life away!” Boy, did she get that right.