Embrace every Moment

I happened to come across this picture today on my computer.  I am just staring at it.... a bit numb.
I can't stop staring.  Devin (bottom left is 18 and graduating high school), Livia (bottom right is 16 and driving everywhere) and Kadin (staring at me.... is 15, and I literally told him he was 14 the other day- I really thought.....??)

BOOOO HOOOOO!  I want them little again, just for one day?!

I have LOVED every age and stage so far of being the MommaBear of these fine human beings, but no one, NO ONE can prepare you for how much it hurts to love them so hard and big and then feel them slipping through your hands into their future.  The future God has planned for them, that does not include me waking them up in the morning, or packing lunches or running them around to every little thing they want to attend.   It's okay.  It's God's plan.  Breathe. 

I guess what I am trying to say to MYSELF and to you today is..... EMBRACE EVERY MOMENT.
I want to do better, we still have so much left to experience together, but when I see this picture I realize we have already had so much and that my soul truly is full and content because we have each other. 

Let's not strive for everything to be perfect, let's strive to find the perfect in everything. 

It's there.

You see it in Devin's rosy cheeks and Livia's determined smile and that gaze of Kadin's.....?

Perfect.

Embrace every Moment.