These Are the Good Old Days

And stay right here 'cause these are the good old days

-Carly Simon

I am two months shy of 5 entire years without one single, solitary night of sleep. Not a single one. Not a night at Mammy and Papa's (my choice) not a night of miracles. 5 years of exhaustion, 5 years of diapers and potty training, 5 years of special needs and therapy/intervention, 5 years of a messy house, 5 years of picky eaters, 5 years of teaching to walk and still teaching to talk. 5 years of cleaning ears and wiping bottoms.5 years of 24 hour works days...and 5 years of pure, wondrous joy. My 91 year old gram tells me all the time how grandpa used to say to her when her baby was crying and she was exhausted and had no time to herself, "don't wish your life away." I may be tired all the time and I may have more chores than the average mommy but I am the luckiest wife and the happiest mommy. So even on the days that are more trying than I would like and believe me I have too many of those to count, I still remember that these in fact are the good old days.