It’s going to happen soon enough. It’s going to happen to you even though that seems inconceivable right now, desperate as you are for your infant to start sleeping, your baby to start walking, for them to be in school, for them to get their driver’s license.
You are going to be out to dinner some night or walking through a shopping center or passing a young family at the airport and be overwhelmed with jealousy. In an interview we mentioned recently, comedian Bob Odenkirk was asked by Mike Birbigila if there was anyone he was jealous of. He responded, “Anybody who’s still got little kids at home, growing up.”
Soon enough you will be feeling exactly like Odenkirk—whose kids are now 24 and 26. Not only will you be jealous of other families still in that phase, you will be jealous of yourself. You had it once! You had it not long ago! And what did you do with it? You rushed through it. You complained about it. You were on your phone through it.
Yes, it can feel rough while you’re in it. Sometimes you forget the beauty of this age—or if you have very little ones, this stage—and how fleeting it is because you’re burnt out and overwhelmed. But one day, you’re not going to remember your toddler throwing that tantrum over Bluey yogurt at the grocery store. You’re going to reminisce about how they held your face in their small hands as they rubbed noses with you. You’re not going to remember the fight about cleaning up the toys littering the hallway. You’re going to reminisce about their silly dancing. You’ll yearn for the sound of their feet on the floor coming to your room.
Time Flies. Tempus fugit. Enjoy it while you can because you’re the lucky one right now. Because one day, you won’t have it anymore.
It can be helpful to have a reminder of this—to remind you not to blink and miss it. Our beautifully crafted Tempus Fugit medallion is intended to help with just that. Keep it in your pocket or on your desk as a physical reminder to be present, to say yes to hearing their new joke, to watch how far they can get on the monkey bars, and to remember that messes are part of the everyday joy. Because, whether we acknowledge it or not, time marches on.
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