Why yes, time does fly.

I can't believe another year has come and almost gone already. Thanksgiving is almost upon us and i swear, just yesterday we were packing for our 4th of July vacation to the beach. Another year full of laughter, tears, family, and friends, is winding down to the end and yet it seems to catch me by surprise every time. When i was pregnant, i remember asking a family member who already had children, if time goes by as fast as seems to have when i would run into a friend who a child and they were now, like, 10 all of a sudden. She explained to me that the day to day of family life can seem to drag, but the years fly by. I kinda chuckled to myself, yeah right, that makes no sense crazy lady. Little did I know how right she would end up being. Before children (B.C.), you sorta, wonder aimlessly through life. You finish high school or college - which really does feel like it takes f.o.r.e.v.e.r. You find a job, and suddenly now it's your work day that feels like it drags on and on. Between hangout with friends and having a real life, you have time to adjust when the year wines down to the end. Your making Holiday party plans, sending out invites to what you promise will be "the best New Years Eve Party EVER". Then suddenly, atleast it kinda felt that way for me, your married, buying a house and planning a family. I know we swore having a child wouldn't change us or the life we lived. HAHAHA. Then, as quickly as you're blessed with said child, that child has turned 3. HOLD ON, i wasn't done with "the good ole days"! Now, instead of having days filled with "what shall i get into this weekend", they're filled with, "I can't believe she needs new shoes again, already! Didn't we just buy that pair?!" And while you've been busy cooking family suppers, washing tiny socks, cleaning up poop, moping floors, loading dishwashers. Waking up your husband, setting out clothes, washing tiny bottoms, and singing nursery rhymes. Packing for one family vacation, planning another vacation, changing out past seasons' clothes, and preparing for birthday parties. Suddenly it's gone from Easter to almost Thanksgiving and you still haven't decided what your Christmas cards should be like. Because as we all know, after we're done recouping from Thanksgiving, Christmas is right there greating us with a smile. And with that, another year draws to an end and you make a promise to yourself not to let next year pass by you so fast. But, that's the same resolution you've made from year to year. But, next year will be the year! The year you make a consious decision to slow your life down. Yeah, right. LOL We'll see how that goes........