Time Flies

I cannot believe I have an 8th grader now.  It seems like yesterday Hannah was in Kindergarten and now she has finished her 7th grade year.  One more year of middle school and off to High school she goes, then college bound.  Where does the time go?  It just flies by.  I am trying to cherish every moment I have with my girl.  Even doing mundane things like traveling between home and gymnastics or helping her with her homework or cleaning her room are little joys I am trying to relish.  They are little for such a short period of time, it seems so easy to get caught up in the trappings of life, I need to slow down just a bit to remember everything about her.  Remember her laugh, that she loves to watch pretty little liar marathons when she is not at gymnastics, that she is hilarious especially when she is hanging with her friends.  I need to remember how fiercely protective of her mom she is and how loyal she is to her friends.  I love how she always has an answer or quirky explanation for something.  I love to listen to her sing to herself or play her piano when she doesn't think I am listening.  I love to listen to her talk to my mother on the phone, they have the most hilarious banter back and forth.  I love that she comes to me for everything, that she feels comfortable talking to me about life, or things she's confused about or just abstract things like how the world was made or even about her faith in God.  I love that she loves Jesus, it fills my heart with joy that I know she can turn to him during happy and sad moments. 


There was a time that I thought motherhood was illusive to me.  Mike and I tried to hard for so long to have a baby.  Thank God for modern medicine and our tenacity to have a child.  I am so thankful that I was allowed to be her mother.


So for now, I am happy in the notion that she is still my little girl for just a little longer.  She still needs me and wants to hang out with me, there is much joy in that.