Don't let time pass you by....

 

Have you ever watched your child sleep and pondered how you are as a parent?

Don't get me wrong I know I'm not a bad parent, and for sure I've got a great 7yr old girl and wife. Just at times I wonder am I forgetting something. This usually happens when I peek in the door to see if she has fallen asleep and get a warm feeling and know as always how precious she is to us. 

This just opens my eyes as to how short life is and how you have to grab a hold of the reigns and slow it down while you can. It's the little things in life that you do now that will make the biggest impact later on.

Take that moment when your child calls you and you are busy to acknowledge them. Play silly with them as you are just a friend instead of "THE DAD". Read a story to them or sit and watch their favorite movie and laugh with them! 

Bad unhealthy habits, I had them. I smoked for 18yrs, a half to full pack a day. (Away from my child of course) not that it makes it better as here I was dying a slow death with each one. This goes with every habit but lets look at it in the most disturbing way of all. What if your child lost their life for your "habit" how would you feel? I'm over two years smoke free and also free from any others. Was it hard?? It was hell but worth every agonizing moment of it to stand in my princess' doorway on these nights to ponder.