Normally, I have some words of wisdom that I've learned from to share for a Wednesday post. Today, I'm borrowing from my friend Jessica's blog because there is no better way that I could say this, and it's something that I need repeated reminders about so that the time doesn't slip away from me. Enjoy...
"First, recognize that the joy of motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times. But amid the challenges, there are shining moments of joy and satisfaction.
~Russell M. Ballard
'The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. … I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less"
~Author Anna Quindlen, Loud and Clear [2004], 10–11)."
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