How Time Flies

The school year for Ty and Zach ends on May 27. I could swear it only started last week. I remember getting them ready for their first day, and taking their pictures on the front stoop to commemorate the occasion. Lettie was so excited that they were going to school but disappointed that she wouldn't be going. She was barely two years old but wanted, so badly, to be with her brothers. I assured her she would get to go to school soon. Well, that day is almost here.

She and I went, this morning, to Headstart to enroll her for the 09/10 school year. She will start in August, when her brothers return for the school year. My baby will be starting school. I could swear she was only born last week. She'll be getting on the bus and spending four hours - it's only part day - away from me. It will be the first time in almost eight years that I will be home alone for any length of time, every day. WOW! That went fast.

I will be graduating college in July. I remember calling the admissions advisor to get information on enrollment and starting my first day of classes just a couple of weeks later, in June of '06 - after a 22-year hiatus from my previous college experience. I know it's been three years since I started, but I could swear I just started last week.

When I stop and think about everything that's happened in the past three years, I can't believe how quickly it's gone. Lettie was only two months old when I began my college courses at Kaplan. I would sit at the computer, nursing her on one arm, and typing with the other. I actually became pretty proficient at typing with only one hand. :) Zachary had just turned three, and Tyler would become five in November of that year.

Now, Lettie is three and will be starting pre-school in August; Zach will turn six tomorrow and will go into 1st grade; and Ty will be eight in November, after he begins 2nd grade. Where did the time go? It seems like everything is moving so quickly, yet standing completely still - especially time.

Over the past couple of years, I've learned to slow down and just take things in stride. I don't want to rush anything, but time gets away from me anyway. Now, I see other people rushing all the time, and never getting anywhere, just like I used to be. I had to slow down because I came to realize: What's the point in rushing? Time will take care of itself. We can't slow it down to make the day last longer, and we can't speed it up to keep up with our needs. All we can do is enjoy it while it's here and now.

We know we can't get yesterday back, and there's no use waiting "until tomorrow" - because, if you really think about it, "tomorrow" never gets here. ;)