random simple things

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~Stacia Tauscher

Yesterday I was at the movie theater with my three kids (a pretty rare thing!) I am not a "movie mom". Somehow going to the movies never made it big on my list of "have-to's, should's or must's". But, there was a free family film going on and so to the movies we went! It really didn't even matter that the movie was "ah, not so great", it was just nice to be there, doing something with my kids. As I was sitting next to youngest daughter, she got scared at one point during the movie. She reached over, grabbed my hand and leaned into me. It was then that I had one of those "flash forward" moments. My girl is growing up! As I sat there holding her hand I thought about how, not in the too distant future, she will be going to the movies with her friends, alone! This will make way for "date nights" with boys, and the hand I am now holding will be taken over by someone else she may love. I sat there, in that theater, not really paying too much attention to the story on the screen. But rather, I sat there and pondered how so very quickly life is passing me by! The story on the movie screen would soon come to an end, but my "story" will continue and grow. It's a never ending story, really. I just need to learn to sit back, try to relax, and enjoy the show.