Tomorrow, Today is Gone
Hey Dad,
It feels like the Time’s Square big ball is dropping here at the Wilson house. Today is Jed’s last day as a four year old. He’s been keeping us abreast of the official countdown for the last week. And more than once he’s broken down in tears when we have to correct him.
“No you have tow moredays…not one.”
“Annnnaaagghh.”
It’s kind of sad for this old dad. He’s the baby of the family and my baby is going to be five tomorrow. That means we won’t have any more four year olds in our house. And that’s sad.
I know God wants us to live in the present and not in the past…looking forward to the finish, but sometimes I have trouble doing that. I like where we are NOW and know we won’t be here for long.
So my fellow dad, enjoy this day today. Hug and hold them tight, because tomorrow, today is gone for good.
You ‘da dad,
Todd
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This is so true. We often said of our youngest, “We wish you could stay 4 forever” because we really enjoyed his 4-year old antics, voice, innocence,etc… He will be 6 in a few days and how I wish we could just “stay” here for awhile.
Todd, our youngest son Kent was born exactly one day before Jed. The weeks preceding his birthday sound similar to yours and now we no longer have a four year old little boy in our home. Thanks for continually reminding me of what’s important.
Todd,
It’s true that the last one heralds the end of each time our children will be that age. However, as we are discovering, we get more 4-year-olds without the stress, as GRANDCHILDREN!