No matter how much I try to live fully in the moment with them, to extend it as much as is humanly possible, the moments still can’t possibly last long enough. If you do ever manage to put it into words, publish them. I imagine there are millions of parents who’d be eager to read them.
like this,
backs bent low over the sand,
the ocean ever beside them.
In these moments, had I the power to suspend time,
I would.
Indeed. My youngest started college this fall, and can’t put into words how much I miss having my kids at home.
No matter how much I try to live fully in the moment with them, to extend it as much as is humanly possible, the moments still can’t possibly last long enough. If you do ever manage to put it into words, publish them. I imagine there are millions of parents who’d be eager to read them.