I once woke up to my Mom, sister, and brother, I blinked and now I am only able to talk to them on the phone, and rarely see them. Once I pretended to drive the car from the passenger seat when driving with Grandpa, then I blinked and now I am the one in the drivers seat driving the car. Once I was in preschool, elementary school, high school, and college. Then I blinked and now the only school I attend is Sunday school. Once, my mom bought my clothes, food, payed the bills, organized and picked out the vacations. Then I blinked and I am the one buying my clothes, food, paying my bills, and picking out my vacations. Once I was a little girl playing wedding, I blinked then I dated the “one” God had given me, I blinked again and said yes when he asked me to be his bride, I blinked yet another time and walked down the isle to become his wife, I blinked again and now here I am his wife of over 2 years.

Where does the time go? In ways it is sad to think of all the moments we pass by in life. It is so easy to just let on living. To go through the motions of life, but not be here so much.

I blinked recently and realized it is December 13th about two weeks until Christmas. I feel like I am still in August. What I’ve realized lately that time doesn’t stand still and wait for us to catch up to it. It doesn’t let us catch our breathes before we continue on. If we aren’t too careful time will pass by, and life will pass by. We can be people who are simply just living, just getting by. Or, we can be people who live life to the fullest. People who seize the day. People who participate in life, and not just live in it.I want to do more than simply just living. My prayer is that I don’t “blink” anymore. I want to look forward without fear, and back without regret when I am at the end of my road. I want to live life to the fullest and not let all these moments simply pass by. But to relish each and every second that God gives me on earth.