There’s a song from that movie An Affair to Remember, the one with Carry Grant, called Tomorrowland. One of the verses to that song is, “Ask me how do you get to tomorrowland?
Close you eyes, make a wish and you're there.” Since having a child of my own, my whole life has changed-in the best possible way. We have our bedtime rituals, so to speak. Dinner, bath time, milkies, lullabies… I love being a mom! It definitely has its challenges but I wouldn’t change it for nothing.

 I have come to learn to embrace these moments. Such as: dinner, bath time, milkies, and lullabies with my girl! These moments that just seem to come and go. Every night when I lay my baby girl in her crib and pull the door closed a little, I’ll have a tear in my eye. Can I just keep you like this forever, baby girl? I feel like every time I pull the door closed, the next time I come in to open the door what I see is a growing girl, completely changed. What happened to that baby I brought home from the hospital?

I love walking in in the morning times to get her out of her crib. She’ll look at me with her big beautiful eyes, long eyelashes- smile at me with a mouth full of teeth -6 to be exact. Ha ha. Hair longer, so much taller, and so full of adventure ready to start the day. Waiting for me! I get all kinds of different songs in my head, but tomorrowland please wait. Sometimes I feel as if I’m not ready. Sometimes I look at my baby and everything seems so surreal. When I was a little girl I played mommy. I had Barbie dolls, and baby dolls- I loved it! It’s funny, as a little girl with my friends and my sister, we’d talk about our future weddings and we would design our own wedding dresses! We’d talk about our future husbands- and what would they look like? We talked about how many kids we were going to have and all that!

I close my eyes and open them and it’s like- What happened? How did I get here so fast? It didn’t seem so fast 10 years ago! I am more convinced than ever before that this life is a gift. So short, and precious. I always heard my grandparents telling me as a young girl- “time flies Elyse- before you know it you’ll be our age- looking back.” My baby girl is a miracle and gift from God. This life is a miracle. What is the goodness of God? This is it! I’m convinced!

Our time is so short. I’m so glad I know whom I believe! I’m so glad I know where I’m going when I die. Knowing all this- makes me desire to know my heavenly Father even more. I don’t want my life style to change when I get to heaven. The greatest legacy and treasure I could ever leave to my daughter and future inheritance is not money and riches of this world- but it is only the love and compassion of Jesus Christ. Thank you Lord.