Linger

As a child I enjoyed so many days or moments I didn't want to end. Splashing and having fun in the community pool or at an amusement park...I didn't want to go home. I didn't want summer days to ever end. I wonder how we lose that childhood wonder and joy. Nowdays, the only thing I can think of that I don't want to end is sleep. I just want to sleep in forever. But I don't find myself fully enjoying any moment in life anymore like I did as a little girl. No matter how fun I always want things to end, I always am thinking of things I have to do or places I need to go. I'm always planning and wishing but never stop to fully enjoy the good times. Perhaps I need to get back to that state of childhood joy. Justace, for example, never wants good to end. If he's doing something he is loving, like coloring or playing with playdough or playing outside, and I say its time to move on to something else oh the screaming and tears that he has for the end of his fun time is amazing. May we never want the good moments in life to ever end.