Let Me Just Enjoy Today

I ran into the mall today because I had an hour and a half between dropping off the boys and my next appointment. As I rounded the corner in one store, what to my wondering eyes did appear but a Christmas display full of holiday cheer!

I found myself feeling very irritated. I mean really. It isn't even October yet. Can't they just let us enjoy the fall? I'm still wearing shorts for crying out loud. Let's just do one major event and holiday at a time please.

Then it hit me. This all too often is the way I approach my own life. I just wanted to graduate from high school, then college. All I wanted to do was to be married. I couldn't wait to be a mother. I try to imagine a day when I won’t have to cut up the food on three plates before I can eat my own. Some days I actually figure out how many years it is until we can use Mackenzie as our baby sitter. Other days I think about how nice it will be when I’m retired…so to speak.

It’s something I've been trying to work on. When Mackenzie started Kindergarten last year I suddenly realized how quickly the time goes. I began to look at my children through different eyes. I realized that they are so very precious right where they are. I started blogging so that I wouldn't forget everything about right now.

Let's not put up our Christmas trees yet. Let's enjoy today. The weather was beautiful. Both boys went to school without crying. Mackenzie made a 100 on her spelling test. We went to watch my niece's soccer game and she was more interested in running off the field to hug Mackenzie than chasing the ball. At night prayers Aiden prayed, "O my Jesus forgive us our sins and save us from the fires of help." Mackenzie begged for one more round of "Jesus Loves Me" before falling soundly asleep.

And here I sit thanking God for the gift of today. It was nothing outstanding in the eyes of the world, but miraculous all the same. A day not worth missing because of eyes set so far on the future that they can't see today.