Forever

How many times have I said, "I wish things could stay just the way they are forever."?

Those were the best moments of my life and some of them I can actually pinpoint because I remember thinking -- one day I will look back and remember this -- and I do.

I remember sitting in the big wing back chair at my Dad's house, reading a book and holding my new son.  It was a day I'd dreamed about most of my adult life.

I remember watching him climb up on the step of the bus to go to kindergarten and how I didn't want to let him go so far away without me.

I remember when both of the boys left for school together the first time and I knew that they were growing up. I wanted them to just stop right there and be that age forever.

Those years were the sweetest ones, but life just keeps going right on and I have to keep learning to let go; knowing that my love is strong enough to cover vast distances and longer times.

Love is amazing that way.

I don't think anything else in existence is as strong, or long lasting, or pliable.

Loving your children is forever.