Let Time Stand Still

Oh how I wish this was something that could actually be done. There are so many moments each and every day I just want to hit the pause button and completely soak it up. It is amazing how quickly the years really do fly past. You hear so many people say 'Enjoy them while they are little, they will be all grown up before you know it.' And they couldn't be more right. Tonight as I sat in the bath with Luna, I sat there in awe. She had cuddled herself up so perfectly in my lap. Studying her little face as she fed from my breast, the very thing that has nourished and comforted her for the past 10 months. 10 whole months she has been on the outside of my body, still as attached as she was when she was in the womb. She is well on her way to being able to walk independently so soon, and I am left here wondering where the time has gone. I wonder this all the time. Today, Lily finished up Term 2 of Prep, really - we are halfway through her first school year? Surely that can't be right. It feels like only yesterday I was crying my eyes out as we walked out of the classroom on her first day. It's very much the same feeling with our wedding, two years ago we got engaged and thought we had plenty of time to plan it, fast forward to now and we are 7 weeks out for the big day and we are still organising things. I feel as though as the years pass, each one goes a little bit quicker than the one before. Before I know it, Jesse and I will be celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary and our girls will most likely be married with kids of their own. It's a crazy thought! I feel so truly honoured that I get to watch my girls grow, and to grow with them too actually, I'm not the same person I was 8 years ago and it's because of them and their Daddy that I continue to grow each day. Some days though, I just wish, even just for a second that time would stand still, so I could hold Jesse's hand a moment longer, so I could snuggle up to Luna sleeping soundly in my arms a minute longer and so I could listen to Lily tell me about her day just that little bit longer.