Our little Mason is 8 months old today. How did THAT happen? I just can't believe how fast the time goes by. Everyone said it would, but you can't really grasp it until it happens...and it's too late to go back. I think on a daily basis about cherishing each moment with Mason and I literally get sick to my stomach when I think about him growing up...and away. It sounds negative, but I don't mean it that way. He just fills me up with the purest joy I've ever known, and I want him to stay small and innocent forever. When he looks at me with his big blue eyes I feel a sense of complete purpose in this world and am joyfully overwhelmed by the responsibility that comes with it.
I have known so many different versions of Mason as he has grown over the last 8 months and each time a new phase begins, I say "this one is my favorite". I love seeing the world through his eyes and the wonderment and excitement he has for the smallest of things. I always say that I wish I could take pictures with my eyes...to forever have these moments saved on my endless memory card. Seeing him develop and grow reminds me not to take the little (or big) things for granted. Basically, we have a 22 lb reminder of God's miracles every day...and it's astoundingly humbling. If the love I feel for Mason is even the slightest fraction of God's love for me...A-mazing.
I know we have so many wonderful moments ahead of us with Mason, but I also know they will come and go in the blink of an eye. Just another reason to take in each moment, each milestone, each beautiful giggle, each proud new accomplishment, each sweet kiss, each cuddly hug, even each sleepless night...and just enjoy the journey.
Yesterday, I heard a song on our local Christian radio station and it brought tears to my eyes because it basically put into song the way I feel at the beginning and end of each day spent with Mason. I want to number my days (in a good way), I want to count every moment, before today becomes our yesterday...we only have this one life...and I want to look back on it...joyfully.
"Blink" by Revive
Teach me to number my days
And count every moment before it slips away
Taking all the colors before they fade to gray
I don’t want to miss even just a second more of this
It happens in a blink
It happens in a flash
It happens in the time it takes to look back
I try to hold on tight, but there’s no stopping time
What is it I’ve done with my life
It happens in a blink
When it’s all said and done
No one remembers how far we have run
The only thing that matters is how we have loved
I don’t want to miss even just a second more of this
It happens in a blink
it happens in a flash
it happens in the time it takes to look back
I try to hold on tight but there’s no stopping time
What is it I’ve done with my life
It happens in a blink
Slow down, slow down
Before today becomes our yesterday
Slow down, slow down
Before you turn around and it’s too late
It happens in a blink
it happens in a flash
it happens in the time it takes to look back
I try to hold on tight but there’s no stopping time
What is it I’ve done with my life
It happens in a blink
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