Living My "Golden Years"

I'm sure everyone has heard that your "golden years" are when you are older, retired, kids are grown, house to your self, free to do whatever you want whenever you want. But in reality, life doesn't always happen that way. My grandma told me this after my grandpa passed away in 2008. She told me that your golden years are not when you are older, they are when you are young.

I've been thinking about that these last few days.The kids have been sick for a week now, I'm not feeling to well, there's bills to pay, a house to keep clean, medicine to give every little bit. Life is hectic at this stage in my life. And my husband keeps saying he can't wait for the kids to be bigger so we can have "alone" time and go on dates, and we as a family can go on trips without everyone crying and yelling and whining etc. And I wonder to my self why rush life? It's already going by so fast. And right now, these are our golden years. We are young enough to enjoy our children and our family and our home. We are both in good health for the most part, our parents are healthy and they are big parts of our childrens lives, we own our home(sure, it may not be as clean as I would like but I have 2 kids, and 1 on the way. It will be a while before my house is as clean as I want it to be! ) we have a decent vehicle, we have everything we need and most of what we want. God has really blessed us. And if we keep looking ahead to what we will get to do once the kids are bigger, we will forget to enjoy our life NOW. Enjoy them being little. The little letters on the wall, the splashing and laughing at bath time, the food fights at the dinner table.. We will miss all of this in years. Sure, its hard right now, theres never enough time in the day to get everything done. But my kids are happy and healthy..

But anyways. back to the point. Right now, in my life, these are my golden years. My sweet little children, my husband, family, and everything else. Life is great right now. And we have no idea what the future holds. So I'm not going to hold out for the future, I'm going to live my life to the fullest right now, because we never ever know what tomorrow will bring.