#tbt

Time flies.
Years pass.
Kids grow up.

While we are busy carpooling, making lunches, setting up play dates, shuttling to practices, and helping with homework, moments turn into memories.

And nothing can make you feel older than a throwback Thursday.  I look at pictures and wonder where did the time go?  I have a love/hate thing going on with the whole aging process.

On one side we know more than we did when they were little.  Things like sleepless nights and endless feedings are adorable compared to the gray hair moments of driving with a newly-permitted driver...

Or trying to stay awake till they're home.

Or wondering if even a community college will accept them after this year of math... again.

Or if they're doing drugs, or having sex, or still love their parents.

I feel like if you knew how you'd feel when they were in their teens before you became pregnant, there would be fewer kids in the world.  Parenting is not for the faint at heart nor for the weak.  

On the other side, where would we be without them?  I know for a fact that life wouldn't be the same without the issues, the problems, the sarcasm, the hugs, the singing (thank you Blake), the games, the practices, the friends, and the laughter.  

Life isn't simple and rarely goes as we planned.  It's best to keep a flexible attitude and learn to think quickly on your feet.  Life isn't supposed to be perfect, so stop trying to fit into a mold that will never fit.  Good, bad, and ugly, your family - your life - is just that.  Yours.  And learning to accept it, and love it, will ease some of the aging process.

And when in doubt a glass of wine will usually make everything seem okay... at least for the moment.

Happy #TBT my friends.