time flies

"Yes, time flies.

But I don’t want to stop it. I want to climb on its back and soak up every inch of the scenery. I want to drink in the laughter, the tears, the soccer games, the visits to the ER, the blues skies and the torrential rains that this world has to offer. For when the cosmic clock is finally grounded, I will climb off its back, grateful for the wild and wonderful (full-of-wonder) ride.  

So enjoy your toddlers, your teenagers, your grandchildren. Don’t miss one bit of the ride due to fear or regret. For the day is coming when the tarnish of time will be removed  from us all. And underneath will be revealed the beauty, the creativity, the wonder, the whimsy, and the perfected love that was imprinted on our souls from the very foundations of the universe."

-Julie Silander http://www.storywarren.com/time-flies/

september 28, 2008 at a festival at Vanderbilt 

June 13, 2010 (sitting in the front row for a parade at Disneyworld!) 

July 17, 2012 - at Magpies Bakery in Knoxville 

May 31, 2013 - bike to school day 

(the big feat was that I balanced Taylor's unicycle on my bike on the ride to school so he could use it at recess- we definitely were the family circus act going up that hill to Laurelhurst!!)