Family

Let this sink in:

The noise you escape now is the sound you’ll chase later.

Mommy, look!” "Daddy, watch me!”

“Mom! Mom! Moooooom!”

Right now, it feels loud. Too loud.
You're tired. Your head aches.
The house is a mess. You're counting down the minutes until bedtime.
But one day…there will be no noise.
No thumping feet... No toys underfoot.
No tiny hands pulling at your shirt.
No one calling your name like you’re the center of their universe.

Just silence. 
Rooms too clean. Shoes too still.
Memories where children once were.
And you’ll wish.... Gosh, you’ll wish....
to be interrupted again.
To be needed. Touched. Called.
To hear that chaos you once called annoying. 
So don’t just survive today. Hold it. Feel it.
Soak in the mess, the madness, the music of the moment.
Because one day, you’ll trade your peace and quiet for just one more “Mommy.. Daddy, look.”

One day, the silence will shout louder than their cries ever did.