You're Gonna Miss This.
"You're gonna miss this." It's been said so many times it was made into a country song. Now my dad doesn't only say it to me, he sends along the link to the YouTube video or copies and pastes lyrics to the song. "You're gonna miss this. You're gonna want this back." I love you, dad. And old ladies in the grocery store, I am sure you're great too. Strangers on the trails I'm walking, grandmothers at church, family members at Thanksgiving dinner - you are wonderful. I know you mean well. And so hear what I'm about to say with that in mind: That mother of a threenager who will only watch episode 6 of Daniel Tiger on repeat and a 7 month old who refuses to take a bottle, who you're telling "you're gonna miss these days" to over Thanksgiving dinner? She's picturing what your face would look like dripping in gravy after she flings it across the table at you. When you are in the trenches of parenthood, when...