unMediocre

When you’re awaiting the arrival of your first child, EVERY parent tells you, “Enjoy every minute because they grow up so fast.” You shake your head and nod as if you know that already and are SURE that YOU will never take a single day for granted.

Bull.

Until the kid is in your arms, then walking, talking, counting, singing, running, climbing, smiling, screaming, laughing, making up jokes…you just have no clue how true that warning is.

My oldest daughter, McKenna Belle, will be 4-years-old this week. That baffles me. Four doesn’t seem that old before you have kids. But do the math… That’s 1/4 of the way to a driver’s license, 1/5 of the way to a junior year in college, and only 1/10 of the way to her having to drive ME to doctor’s appointments and daycare.

Thank you, Jesus, that you’ve given us eternity to enjoy this life…’cause you were a little trigger happy when you made our days as short as they are. I’m guessing it’s because you can’t wait for us to get to the good stuff.

Enjoy every minute, because they grow up so fast.

“I have a frog in my butt.”

Annette (my wife…and my daughter’s mother) says, “What did you say?”

McKenna repeats, “I have a frog in my butt.”

“Where did you hear that?!”

“On Tigger and Pooh.”

Annette starts to understand that this may be a more innocent moment than she first thought.

“Do you mean, ‘a frog in your throat.’”

“Yeah. That’s it. A frog in my throat.”

Aha.