5 more minutes

  When you were an infant, I would look around at all the house work then look at you sleeping in my arms and I would think “5 more minutes and I’ll get up”. I would sit and stare at you. It’s hard to believe that I carried you for nine months and now you’re here. I dreamed of these 5 minutes for a very long time...
  You are now a toddler, you beg me for 5 more minutes so you don’t have to go to bed or help pick up toys. You either continue to play or come cuddle with me knowing that I would give you more than those 5 minutes. With housework and children, I often lose track of time. 
  When you are a young child whom will start school, you’ll tell me how you asked the teacher for 5 more minutes to play today. You‘ll tell me all about your day with so much enthusiasm that you make yourself excited for tomorrow. I’ll laugh and listen at all the things my baby did today just to listen to you talk. These are the times I will hold dear.
  When you become a teen, I will tell you times up on the phone with your friends and you will say “5more minutes mom!” I’ll smile and roll my eyes and give you 10 because you’re homework is done and packed away. You’ll come rushing down the hall way, kiss my cheek, grab a snack, say I love you and head out. God knows I for you every time you step out those doors. I will know my time with you is shortening.
  One day you’ll be an adult, find the love of your life and want to marry them. I will look at you as your daddy and I will give our blessing. I will quietly ask God for those 5 more minutes as I watch you marry your love. You two will go and build your lives together and one day ask for those 5 more minutes I had for the past many years. Time can slip away quickly and you won’t know it till it’s gone. 

  For now, I will continue to live in this moment here with you. You are my baby, no matter your age. I will continue to ask God for those 5 more minutes knowing they’re flying by faster each year. 5 minutes fly by but sometimes, it’s all we need just to enjoy these moments we will never get back.

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