30 Years

I can't even count how many reflective thoughts have come these past few weeks. I'm watching another one of my boys become a man right before my eyes.  Another freshman year has come our way.

I've heard it said before that we get the opportunity to live multiple lives within a lifetime and I can sure attest to that. 

My oldest boy started school in 2001 and my youngest will graduate in 2031.

Thirty years. 

Thirst years of going back-to-school shopping.

Thirty years of drop off and pick up lines.

Thirty years of packing lunches.

Thirty years of meeting new teachers.

Thirty years of helping in classrooms.

Thirty years of going on field trips.

Thirty years of soccer sidelines.

Thirty years of hosting friends for sleepovers and learning to let go at the same time.

Thirty years of birthday parties.

Thirty years of goodnight conversations and bedtime prayers.

Thirty years of  preparing for graduation and the one day open house that will come.

Thirty years of preparing someone to leave our home.

Thirty years of laboring in prayer.

Thirty years of so much more than anyone could care to read. 

I recognize that not every mama gets thirty years like I will have, which makes me forever grateful.

How is it that thirty years can feel so long and so fast at the same time?

Cherish your days young mamas for the years will disappear before your eyes.