the other day there was a facebook memory where I was half complaining about the constant rocking and nursing of a baby in the middle of the night, and half knowing that “one day I will miss this.”
you know, I was right. I do
miss that.
so many things to miss, you know?
toddlers with sticky fingers
loud days
snuggling
first days of elementary school
even those times when I had to help 3 kids in 3 different schools, in 3 different grades do homework while I taught remotely have taken on a sort of sentimental quality
(okay, I don’t miss 2020, but you know what I mean)
all those long days
make short years
and there are just so many things to
miss
now
but I think I’m ready to go on record
to officially say
that in 6 years when I no longer have to do it
anymore
I will
NOT
miss
filling out the FAFSA
and doing financial aid paperwork
at all.