Sometimes I need a bit of reframing.

This trip felt overwhelming, loud, and tiring but then I looked at the posts I used to do of things I would miss about my boys being small.

And I do. I miss it.

So I decided to look at yesterday through the lens of things I would miss so I can look back on it in a few years and remember.

I am going to miss sharing these experiences with my kids.

I am going to miss them wanting to play on every loud instrument.

I am going to miss goofy smiles as they photo bomb each others pics.

I am going to miss hiking buddies.

I am going to miss the wonder and excitement of finding something unexpected.

Even if it is a venomous snake…

Most of all, I will miss seeing them in front of me. Exploring and taking things in.

One day I will walk through a garden in the quiet and miss them and the noise they make.

My two oldest are getting to the point they don’t join in on everything, their plans are changing and that means they are not always there. And I miss it.