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Five Years Goes By Too Quickly

Posted Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 and visited 190 times, 1 so far today
by MInTheGap

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birthday present Five years ago today I was in the hospital next to my wife as she gave birth to our first son.  It was around this time that we looked “down through time” to try to think about where he’d be at different stages.

One of the big things on the horizon was schooling– we had thought early about what kind of schooling we’d have him in, and we were anxious for him to turn five so that we could get started teaching him the joys of reading, and all the other subjects that we liked growing up.

Well, now he’s five, and with two others smaller than him, I think that’s going to be more of a challenge than we thought!

To me, though, it’s brought reality to the things that some have said about it going too fast.  It seems that it was just a little while ago we were welcoming him into the world, and now we’re welcoming him into the world of learning (ok, you’re always learning, I know that, but you know what I mean).  Next he’ll be driving and getting married– whew!



MInTheGap has been commenting on the culture at large and current events since 2004. He enjoys spending time with his family, writing, and being active in his local church.
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One Response to “Five Years Goes By Too Quickly”

  1. MyAvatars 0.2 Mary Says:

    Happy Birthday to him! My oldest is ten now! It’s crazy thinking she’ll be almost a young woman in 4 years. She’s already way too grown up for me…

    Hope you guys had a special day celebrating!

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