You're Gonna Miss This...

Lately, I have become a bawl-baby. I used to not cry very much and now the slightest thing can set me off. Like watching a Gerber Baby commercial and I'm all tears. Its actually kind of pathetic. But whatever. So this morning I was eating my cereal and listening to my Pandora Rascal Flatts station when You're Gonna Miss This by Trace Adkins came on. Immediately I am in tears. Here are the lyrics to this lovely song:

She was staring out that window, of that SUV
Complaining, saying I can't wait to turn 18
She said I'll make my own money, and I'll make my own rules
Mama put the car in park out there in front of the school
Then she kissed her head and said I was just like you


-Chorus-
You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These Are Some Good Times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this


Before she knows it she's a brand new bride
In a one-bedroom apartment, and her daddy stops by
He tells her It's a nice place
She says It'll do for now
Starts talking about babies and buying a house
Daddy shakes his head and says Baby, just slow down


-Chorus-
You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These Are Some Good Times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this


Five years later there's a plumber workin' on the water heater
Dog's barkin', phone's ringin'
One kid's cryin', one kid's screamin'
She keeps apologizin'
He says They don't bother me.
I've got 2 babies of my own.
One's 36, one's 23.
Huh, it's hard to believe, but ...


-Chorus-
You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These Are Some Good Times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this
You're gonna miss this


I love love love this song because who doesn't say "well when this happens, then I'll be happy." I think we are all guilty of this. Lately my thing has been when I'm graduated, have a house, and have kids I am going to be loving life. But, I know for a FACT I am going to miss college, I'm going to miss the days when it was just me and Landon, and I'm for sure going to miss our dumpy little apartment. So, I am really trying to soak every minute in and enjoy these days while I have them, because I know one day I'm REALLY going to miss this. I definitely need to start living in the present and finding all the good things that I have right now, because I really am so lucky. I love this quote by President Monson "Learn from the past, prepare for the future, live for today."