Why Must They Grow?
I am sitting at the computer on a Tuesday night and contemplating life. I am going to state a saying that I find a bit annoying but yet it is true “why is it the older you get, the faster time goes?” I can not believe it is already November, what happened to the 4th of July? How is it that I only had the boat out three times this summer? The dog days of summer are gone…sort of, it is still 87 degrees out there. Thanksgiving is just a few days away and we all know that Christmas is not far behind that, and then WHAM! We have another new year and it was only last week that I finally stopped messing up whenever I put the date on paper. And what I hate the most of all is three out of four of my kids birthdays are around that new year thing as well and it wont be long before time will start to fly fast for them, and for me it will be in warp speed.
There is a saying that I also don’t like and that is “The reason you have kids is because you will get grandkids” This is the biggest pile of crud that I have ever heard. Now I do not have any grandkids to speak of, but I can truly say I wish my kids would stop growing. Is this selfish? I really enjoy my kids, they spoiled me, and they are just too good. Maybe if some of them were more annoying, or misbehaved, or in jail I would be willing to wish them to be older, but that is just not the case. In this world we all try to find faults with things, and then find someone to blame them on. I am truly putting all the blame on my children for spoiling me. Had they gave me a little harder of time I would be willing to have them move on and get married or go off to college. I am hoping that some day I will be able to move on from these feelings, and I will be able to move onto the Grandpa stage of life but I don’t think this is going to be coming soon. I think I will find away to freeze them, and time, in order to keep them from growing old like me. Trace Atkins has a song that has a lyric in it that loosely states “you are going to miss this time”. Most of my friends have kids younger than me, I exhort you to listen to this song and take it to heart. ENJOY your kids everyday because time goes by so very fast and before you know it your oldest is college and your second child is a Senior, and your Son has more girl friends than boy friends and all you have some times at the dinner table is your baby and she is nearly 13. By the way I know I am really not that old, but my kids are making me look old.
I am sitting at the computer on a Tuesday night and contemplating life. I am going to state a saying that I find a bit annoying but yet it is true “why is it the older you get, the faster time goes?” I can not believe it is already November, what happened to the 4th of July? How is it that I only had the boat out three times this summer? The dog days of summer are gone…sort of, it is still 87 degrees out there. Thanksgiving is just a few days away and we all know that Christmas is not far behind that, and then WHAM! We have another new year and it was only last week that I finally stopped messing up whenever I put the date on paper. And what I hate the most of all is three out of four of my kids birthdays are around that new year thing as well and it wont be long before time will start to fly fast for them, and for me it will be in warp speed.
There is a saying that I also don’t like and that is “The reason you have kids is because you will get grandkids” This is the biggest pile of crud that I have ever heard. Now I do not have any grandkids to speak of, but I can truly say I wish my kids would stop growing. Is this selfish? I really enjoy my kids, they spoiled me, and they are just too good. Maybe if some of them were more annoying, or misbehaved, or in jail I would be willing to wish them to be older, but that is just not the case. In this world we all try to find faults with things, and then find someone to blame them on. I am truly putting all the blame on my children for spoiling me. Had they gave me a little harder of time I would be willing to have them move on and get married or go off to college. I am hoping that some day I will be able to move on from these feelings, and I will be able to move onto the Grandpa stage of life but I don’t think this is going to be coming soon. I think I will find away to freeze them, and time, in order to keep them from growing old like me. Trace Atkins has a song that has a lyric in it that loosely states “you are going to miss this time”. Most of my friends have kids younger than me, I exhort you to listen to this song and take it to heart. ENJOY your kids everyday because time goes by so very fast and before you know it your oldest is college and your second child is a Senior, and your Son has more girl friends than boy friends and all you have some times at the dinner table is your baby and she is nearly 13. By the way I know I am really not that old, but my kids are making me look old.
3 comments:
Daddy I love you!!! I will try to slow time down for you but I don't think it will work. Haha. I could start misbehaving more if that is really what you want to make it easier on you when I end up leaving for college. haha. I am just kidding. I love you though!!
Dum-Dum, give me some gum-gum.
i wonder if he has gotten over his hate of having a grand child. ;)
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