There was one thing that Gretchen Rubin said in her happiness project book that really hit home. She said,
The days are long but the years are short.
It was not until I became a mother that I understood that. Taking care of a baby is a full-time job, one that takes just about every ounce of energy you have. During Marshall’s newborn months, it sometimes felt like the day would never come to an end. The days are long…
Now, somehow a whole year has gone by and all those days that seemed so long then, they’re almost insubstantial in my memory. Where did the time go? …but the years are short.