Growing Up

As I sit in my living room on a Saturday morning watching my son crawl around and get into everything, I am again struck by the process we call "Growing Up."  A year ago, he was a month old and I was so sleep deprived I probably shouldn't have been allowed to drive.  Today, he's a little over 13 months old and is growing up so fast it makes my heart hurt at how fast he'll leave us.  

I remember my mom reminiscing over my childhood and I would get so annoyed with her.  Today I wonder how much her heart hurts at how fast it all went.  

However, my New Year's resolution - if you will, I normally don't make resolutions - is to Consider it all joy.  I have a choice in how I see things and with the grace of God, I choose to consider the joy in everything.  So today, I consider my child's ability to grow up - JOY.  I consider his ability to make messes and get into everything he shouldn't - JOY.  I consider his love of Chuck the Duck and his cute attempts at saying "chuck chuck" which comes out more like "Dada" - JOY.  

So I guess I better quit blogging and go play with my son before he heads off to college!