Where Does the Time Go?

Wow! Summer is really hot here but believe it or not school started here today. My 13-year-old started the 8th grade and he was ready for school to start.

It is always exciting and scary to start a new year at school. He has a hard time believing that I understand what he is feeling right now. LOL They just never think that we were their age one time, just like we could not imagine our parents being our age at one time. Of course, as time goes on you can remember when your parent was the age you are now and the age gap starts to close. Funny, isn't it?

Well, Baby Will, or as I like to call him, Prince William, will be a year old next month! I can't believe it is almost a year since he was born. I remember that day so well and of course have video, too! Ah, the first birthday.

God gives us little ones so we can live again. I know since my dad died holidays have been so hard. Now that we have a baby again we start to see wonderment again. The smile of that baby just melts my heart. I think of how simple things makes him smile. How he enjoys everything around him.

Why do we stop doing that? Why do we let life get in the way of living? Life has been hard this summer. My daughter, his mother, has had some terrible health problems, my mother has had some serious health problems the last two months, and I feel like I'm starting to fall apart. I have been on my knees a lot this summer and I wonder if all the troubles of this life will ever end.

THEN the baby smiles just because he sees me and that makes life worth living. Today we went outside and he is in awe of trees, flowers, grass, bees, bugs, and anything that is around. He lets me see through his eyes the wonderment of God's creation. This baby lives for the moment and takes nothing for granted like I do. Oh, if I could love like this baby and live like this baby, wouldn't life be much better.

Today I pray that God will heal my mother and my daughter. I pray that God will help me to look at life as a gift and not a burden. I want to love life and look at life in wonderment just like Baby Will does.

If you are having a rough life right now just remember to take your burdens to God. He will get you through and HE will give you happiness again. We all have trials and tribulations but His Grace and Mercy will get us through. Time flies by and we need to trust that God knows what we are going through and will sustain us through it.

With love and prayers,

Joyce aka Nana