things are never as they seem

 One of our kids showed me this song  earlier today

I have watched it about 15 times now.

I've laughed and  I've cried...One might ask why...

It reminds me of so many things,

memories tucked so safely away...

Warm summer nights, as a girl catching fireflies in a jar....

Our children not wanting to go to sleep,

or rooms strewn with toys,

A wind up monkey with  my Dad,when he was in a fun mood.

Of how fast time has gone, of so many goodbyes,

uncertainties

Of dreams, of fun, of exiliration and imagination..

I've remembered the creative inventions ,

 elaborate games ,our kids set up.

Strings corralls wound around  dining room chair "fence post

holding herds of   toy horses

finding escaped pet hermit crabs, in various locations..

Let this song remind you of your own  childhood,

of your children long grown,

or remind you to enjoy these times

with your  young children,

times that  are gone before you know it...

to take joy in the daily things,now

things that  may seem insignificant at the time

but are the stuff dreams and memories are made of

 to take time to dream,to  make more memories

even if there is only one of you

let yourself be a kid at heart

 why not travel to where there are fireflies this summer...

spend at least one night catching some in a jar...

then let them go 

but hold them in your heart forever. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psuRGfAaju4