Take Me Back Tuesday | It Feels Like Yesterday

It feels like yesterday.

As a kid, this was a phrase I so often associated with older people whose nostalgia made time seem to operate differently than those of us who had yet to hit adulthood. It was matched with phrases like, ‘When I was your age’ and ‘Back when I was a kid.’ When you are a kid these phrases seem silly and distant from anything that is relevant in your life. You are a child and to children, days go slow, weeks drag on and years…well years feel like they take forever. It’s funny how time is a constant and yet somehow it is also ever-changing, depending on your perspective and season of life. I wish I had the words to explain this phenomenon but I don’t. I simply know that I’ve hit that stage of adulthood where ‘it feels like yesterday.’ Significant life events are happening and as time passes on, the gap between the present and that particular memory seems to be shortening beyond explanation.

I had a significant ‘like yesterday’ moment this past weekend as I celebrated the life of my oldest nephew. He was turning 1 years old and so I flew to Florida to celebrate with him and  my sister. Some blog followers may remember that Jude was born on my birthday (which is also his mother’s birthday) last year and I flew to Florida last-minute to be there for his arrival. It was a day that I will cherish forever and we have consequently dubbed ourselves the Birthday Trio. I remember sitting with the two of them on our birthday last year and just feeling overwhelmed at the specialness of that moment. Last Saturday, as we sang that sweet little boy ‘Happy Birthday,’ I sat feeling overwhelmed again at how time literally does fly. How could it have been a year since the Birthday Trio was born? It felt like the blink of an eye. Crazy. Well, since I have apparently reached ‘that age’ where you feel like time is on steroids, I suppose the best thing to do is to enjoy the moments as they quickly pass by. So today, I’m sharing with you some of my ‘enjoyed moments’ as they become yesterday’s fondest memories.

So, in the name of ‘feeling like yesterday’ and sweet birthdays,

I Say, Take Me Back!

(My sister threw him the cutest ‘little man’ party. So adorable.)