Way back when I was a wise old 19 year old girl, I thought, “man, I have yet to get married AND buy a house AND have a baby, but then after that, what else will I do?”

And then I got married.

Four years later we had a baby.

Six months later we bought a house.

Five months later we had another baby.

And then I started to sweat, a lot, with the two kids under the age of one.

And here we are five years later, today both of my kids went to school for a full day for the first time ever. Anna in first grade. Noah in full day kindergarten.

I’ve spent the last six years at home with my kids and now, suddenly…they’re gone.

I look back at the last five years and so much has happened, nothing celebratory like a wedding or birth, we’ve experienced losing our twin sons, we’ve experienced moving again, but mostly we experience everyday.

The ordinary everyday that is so consuming and honestly, so beautiful.

It just flew right past us.

Yesterday morning, Noah and I snuggled in bed when he first woke up. It’s something we did often during the summer. He literally crawls next to me and says in a very sleepy voice “I love to snuggle with you, Mommy.”

We lay there for a few minutes and I say “I can’t believe you are starting kindergarten tomorrow.”

He replied with “I know. I didn’t know turning five would be so fast.”

Neither did I. But my goodness, these past five years have been amazing.

I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the next five.

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