Treasure
We went to see John and Kelly on saturday, and I got to play with Maia for a while – she’s grown so much! I guess it has been ages since I saw her, but she’s motoring around now like crazy and isn’t the slightest bit shy of anything 
She’s a gorgeous little thing – and I really enjoyed just spending a few hours with them all, with R and B there also. It was a very enjoyable afternoon, and B had a great time wandering about with Maia, who called him “boy” all day hehe.
Something it made me think about though, was just how quickly they grow up. About every three months or so, sometimes more, it passes through my mind that I need to be careful not to miss out on B’s life. He develops so quickly – the mis-pronounced words that I loved a year or so ago are now pronounced correctly (which is good, but not as cute , the little games we used to play are forgotten, and new ones take their place. He’s such a fascinating little munchkin , and so smart, that I wish sometimes I could just not work and spend much more time at home with him.
As always happens, there are times I’m impatient with him – when I’m tired or ill, or just when I’m concentrating on something else. No matter how much you love them sometimes you just want a little peace and quiet But I constantly remind myself that every moment I spend away from him, every walk and kickaround and game of cards that I turn down because I’m too tired, or too tetchy or just doing something else – is an opportunity that won’t come again. It’s a long way away relatively speaking, but the way life is rushing past I feel it’s never too early to start paying attention to the little details that you’ll miss when they’re past.
It’s one of the main motivations for my new fitness regime really – I want to be able to play in the park with him, kick the ball around and chase him round the bushes without having a coronary. I want to teach him the right way to kick a football, and all sorts of other things – although for most sports I’ll probably ruin him for life if I try to teach him! I really want to be able to teach him martial arts and that kind of thing as well, and for all this I need to lose weight and get my fitness back – which is happening, but I keenly feel the time I’m missing.
I had an english class in high school – year 8 I believe – that had a piece of cream coloured paper on the wall with a quote written on it. I have no idea who put it there, or for what reason, but it has stuck with me ever since I first read it, and it is one of my favourite quotes. I think I put it in that ridiculous survey in an earlier post, but sod it here it is again anyway -
” Four things come not back -
the sped arrow,
the spoken word,
time spent,
and the opportunity missed.” — Omar, 2BC
Carpe Diem and all that -and never a truer word spoken than this in relation to watching your children grow up. I thank God for every day I’m granted with B – and with R, as it is through them that I truly live. Nothing is more important than spending time with your loved ones.
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