When my husband and I got married, my mother requested a special song be played at our ceremony. The song was from "Fiddler on the Roof" and is titled "Sunrise, Sunset". The lyrics express perfectly how I'm feeling.
"Is this the little girl I carried?
Is this the little boy at play?
I don't remember growing older
When did they?
When did she get to be a beauty?
When did he grow to be so tall?
Wasn't it yesterday
When they were small?
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze."
I still instinctively look at my shoulder before I leave my house to see if I have baby food or drool which needs to be wiped off. When I take both kids shopping for clothes, I have to remind myself to go to the teen/preteen area and not the children's department.
My daughter used to lock her tiny little arms around my thigh whenever we went anywhere because she was so shy and scared. Now she runs with carefree abandon with her friends and throws back a "See ya later, Mom!" along with a smile. When did her wings of independence begin to spread?
My son loved to hold my index finger. Even as a toddler he was so outgoing and energetic. There were many times when I thought he'd dislocate my finger in his excitement to reach whatever it was he had his sites aimed for. These days I get a wave of his hand and a "Later! Love ya!" as he hops out of the car in the school drop-off line.
As I think back, the time elapsed from when they were just born to now feels like a few short weeks. What happened which caused this quick jump in age? As much as I would like to believe it was time travel, or even a time warp, I know that isn't the culprit. I think what happened was exactly what our parents told us would happen. We blinked.
Written by Christie Bielss
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