This is my joy

Ah, family! I watch my two youngest boys, my babies, and a few thoughts go through my mind. 

First, they grow up way too fast. People always said that to me when my older ones were little. I believed them, sort of. As they would warn me about blinking and they would be grown, I would think, really?  You mean I can sleep again, take a shower without worrying if everyone will be alive when I get out, and I won't have to wipe anyone else's bottom again? I am blinking, when are they growing up?!?!

And then somewhere I blinked and it worked. They started growing. No matter how hard I try and stop the blinking they still keep growing. 

I only have a few years to enjoy the magic of childhood with them. For the rest of my life, I will enjoy them as adults. This time as a kid is limited. 

So when the boys box each other and smile and then hug each other and cry, I am going to just take it in and enjoy it. When laundry started to overwhelm my home (who am I kidding, it is that way everyday!) I am just going to enjoy the little people who made the mess. 

Because this is my family. This is my privilege to have an army of little people who's mission is to make the biggest mess in the shortest amount of time. This is my joy. 

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