Cherish the Little Moments

Cherish the little moments, for they are gone in an instant.  I’ve mostly understood this as an adult.  And the older that I get the more important I know those words really are.                    
Watching my daughter grow up, I periodically would realize how quickly things change and how, with the speed of light, time slips by.  But now that I am a grandma (Coco), I watch my daughter’s little Mini-Me.  Her little boy that is an old soul seems to be doing the same thing she did and growing up too fast.                                                                                                                      
Even though he’s only 3, almost 4 in a few months, it makes me see time speeding by.  He makes me feel younger and at the same time, OLDER!  We used to have this thing we did before nap.  He would sit in my lap and I would rock him until he fell asleep and then I would carry him to his bed or wherever he was sleeping.  Unfortunately, my back is not allowing that these days……..and let’s not forget he is growing like a weed and he’s as big as most 5 year olds!  (So maybe I’m not that weak).  But I cherish him falling asleep in my arms.  Now he falls asleep holding my hand.  A compromise.       
The list is long of the wonderful things he says now, that he didn’t say two weeks ago.  The changes in his appearance, demeanor, his words and phrases, his explanations of life.  It’s also special to see my daughter go from my tiny baby (always my baby) to a young woman, a wife and mother. 
And it feels like it all has happened in the blink of an eye.                                                                                                               
So, cherish every moment.  Every single little thing.  Those are the important things.  Make the memories.  They far outweigh any item.  The little things will live in your heart, and their heart, forever.

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