Time Flies

This is a short post, and yes it is very sappy, but I am way too emotional to be thought-provoking and witty right now.

Tonight I got to watch my son perform in his Fifth Grade musical performance.  He has attended this school for 7 years (it's preschool through 5th grade), and beyond his kindergarten performance, this is the one that touched me the most.  Sitting in the cafeteria, surrounded by familiar faces, watching our kids dance and sing and have fun - it was amazing.  Our kids have literally grown up together.  I've been sitting in that cafeteria with these parents and grandparents and siblings for 7 years.  It blows my mind how quickly the time has gone.  Look at all the amazing things our kids have accomplished in this time!  Learned to read, write, make friendships.  Play instruments, speak a new language.  We've gone from finger paint to algebra in 7 short years.  And yes, they were short.  This is something that I never truly understood until I became a parent, but the time just FLIES by.  Whether you're having fun or not.  It goes by in an instant.  These times that seem to be the very hardest in your life - you will look back on them fondly and think "I would do it all again".  And I would.  Sticky fingers, runny noses, reading the same book a million times each day, watching way too much Sesame Street.  Play time, toddler time, bath times, nap times.  Homework, and school lunches, projects, book reports, class parties, field trips, book fair, fundraisers.  I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.  Just keep that in mind, momma, as you're taking a deep, exasperated sigh before getting another cup of water, reading one more bedtime story, giving one more hug.  It goes by so fast.