Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

I was checking our old photos and I found this.

A shot of our cheeky little Vai who was just 3 years old.

Can’t help but feel, ‘Awwwww …’

I MISS those days when he’s so little.

I miss his chubby cheeks. His cuteness. His cheekiness.

Can’t believe that FOUR YEARS have gone by since that shot was taken!

…

At the same time, I thought to myself :

you know what, four years from today, when Vai is eleven years old, … I’d look at a photo of him taken TODAY, and I’d most likely feel the same way!

I’d miss the days when he’s still seven. 

The days when he’s still little, silly and cute.

as difficult as I feel Vai has been these past few weeks, I’m sure four years from today, these ‘challenging days’ won’t matter much anymore!And as difficult as I feel Vai has been these past few weeks, I’m sure four years from today, these ‘challenging days’ won’t matter much anymore!

Because, most probably, four years from today, I’ll be faced with new challenges that are tougher and more complicated?

I don’t know.

Whatever it is, I’m reminded to TREASURE my days with my kids TODAY.

To not be OVERLY bothered about daily challenging moments (by thinking, they are kids. They’ll of course be irritatingly childish at times).

To learn to be more cool-headed when handling our parenting challenges (by keeping in mind that everything will soon pass).

before I know it, they’ll ALL be young adults, living their own lives away from us.Because, time will keep on ticking away.

Because, our kids WILL GROW UP.

And before I know it, they’ll ALL be young adults, living their own lives away from us.

And by then, I’ll be sitting in front of the computer, looking at ‘old photos’, photos which probably are taken in the year 2013, and miss the moments spent with the children ‘while they’re still little’.

Sigh.

Now excuse me.

I’m going over to the kids’ bedroom to give them a big cuddle.