Life is Good

It seems to me that in a lot of ways, we romanticize childhood.   The message we often get is enjoy it now because when you're older, life is hard.  It's not fun anymore.  Those were the glory days.  And I think I sometimes I fall into this and find myself wistfully remembering my own childhood,  sometimes sad that those days are over.  But what a message to send to our kids that this is it and it's all downhill from here.
I tell you what.  I am finding that every stage of life is good.
It is good.
Sure, there are things I miss about different parts of my life thus far.  And life is hard, no matter how old you are.  But there are also new things, new ways of relating to people, new experiences that I love.
I thought of this in particular this weekend.  We spend the day with most of my extended family celebrating both of my grandmothers' birthdays.  That was sweet in and of itself.  These two lovely ladies that have cared for me all my life.
It was so nice, though, to get together with everyone and share what our lives are like now-our day to day, our children, just life.  To enjoy each other and to enjoy this life we've been given.
This, too, is a part of who we are.

Grandma Pearl with her great-grandkids

and Grandma Lucy with hers.