time keeps on slippin' slippin' slippin'
Into the future
Where does time go?
It just feels like I was the age of my almost 14 year old daughter, Hannah. When life spread before me -- options, opportunity, and adventure. It just feels like I was a mother of two little girls -- when mothering was so new, so fresh, and tiring. It just feels as if I began homeschooling -- and now I'm on my tenth year, my oldest will be starting highschool work, and now I have five to teach. It just feels as if Samuel was just born -- and now he's crawling, laughing, and almost a year.
What is it with time?
What would I have done?
What have I learned?
-Here are just some of my thoughts-
-Here are just some of my thoughts-
Instead of worrying about how clean my home is -- I would have started coffee and welcomed friends with open arms
Instead of saying "in a minute" -- I would stand up and read that story
Instead of living for the approval of the world -- I'd live for the Father
Instead of living for the approval of the world -- I'd live for the Father
Instead of trying to get my point across -- I would take time to seek, understand and listen
Instead of complaining about the laundry -- I would be grateful for the little ones who wear the clothes
Instead of worrying -- I would pray
Instead of comparing -- I would look and be grateful
Instead of rushing places -- I'd take the back roads and enjoy
Instead of rushing places -- I'd take the back roads and enjoy
Instead of throwing in the towel and thinking that I can't do it -- I would stand back up, brush myself off and continue
Instead of telling my kids what they need to change -- I would tell them first what they are doing right
Instead of turning on the television -- I would pull out a game
Instead of complaining that there's nothing to eat -- I'd be grateful for cabinets overflowing with food
Instead of just praying -- I'd also be helping
Instead of complaining that there's nothing to eat -- I'd be grateful for cabinets overflowing with food
Instead of just praying -- I'd also be helping
Instead of doing the gardening all by myself -- I would let my four year old dig in the dirt with me
Instead of always cleaning the kitchen right after dinner -- I'd would sit and chat and listen
Instead of always cleaning the kitchen right after dinner -- I'd would sit and chat and listen
Instead of reading emails in the morning -- I would open my Bible
Time keeps moving.
I hope I learn from it.
--tell me--
What have you learned over the course of time?
--tell me--
What have you learned over the course of time?
