Heed the warning. Life experience is often the same for many people, and when others pass on advice it is definately something to take heed of.
Some pieces of advice:
--> Marriage: Going to bed mad is fine, just make sure you both go to the same bed. (BS)
--> Newborns: After they're born, you'll have trouble ever remembering life without them. (JM)
--> First birthdays: Glad I have a lazy eye, it helps me keep one eye on her present and one on her future. (BJ)
We all know the advice, "Enjoy it while you can they grow up so quickly." I used to think that had a starting point around kindergarten. I thought those years where they start leaving your house and parting ways were the days that seemed to slip by like sandcastles left on the beach overnight. But I've learned I was wrong. Each day glides past in a whir of color, excitement, new changes, and life. And what do I have now? Memories of a little girl that fit in both hands. Close my eyes and see her face as they carried her to the anteroom on her delivery. Drift away and remember listening to her mommy's tummy to try and hear her heartbeat, and she kicked me in the ear. (The first time she had kicked hard enough to feel it outside of mommy) Look at pictures, watch some video. She's one year old. Today we'll have a party for all of her...erm...I mean our friends. I'm sure they'll be her friends too someday.
What do I have now? I have a little girl, who sometimes doesn't seem so little. She walked down the hall to my bedroom door today and shrieked, "DA", beckoning me to get out of bed, and then ran away smiling.
What a great year. What a great life.
--DA
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