http://www.wifeysinger.com/2013/05/love-mama-series-andrea-jenkins.html?
I love the article in the link above. It is SO very true! I didn't work at all for the first year of my children's lives. Then I worked two days a week. The time flew by and now I have four grandchildren. As Cher's famous song says " If I Could Turn Back Time". It is a balancing act though. We have to cook , clean, do laundry , bookkeeping etc. but we should savor so many moments more and not rush to the next trivial job. Which is more important, playing a Facebook game, or reading to your child? I've done better as a grandmother. I lay down with them sometimes, read books, snuggle, etc. but I have the luxury of getting my " work" done when they aren't around. I think that's why I've turned into such a shutterbug. I try to capture those moments and treasure them. I started a journal right before Adam was born, almost 34 years ago. I LOVE looking back on little things I would have forgotten such as when he discovered his heart beat. I'm not as good at keeping a journal about the grandkids. I have two blogs and a nice new blank journal Adam gave me for Mother's Day last year. I better get with it!
