In this season of toddler-dom,
tantrums and sticky kisses,
I walk away from moments with you
feeling distracted
hurried
rushed…
This is a season of distracted conversations
and hurried goodbyes.
It’s a season of split-attention
and wandering topics.
The season of “sorry, I’ll be right back”
and the season to repeatedly ask “will this ever end?”

We no longer take long sips of coffee,
but quick sips of a milkshake
before it’s owner arrives back to the table.
It’s bathroom trips,
discipline in public
and constantly looking over one shoulder.

When we say goodbye,
it’s no longer a pause and reflect moment,
but a hurried goodbye as the baby screams
or the toddler escapes our grip.
It feels so rushed,
rude,
distracted…
These hurried goodbyes.

However harrowing,
It’s also a beautiful season of journeying
the worst days
and the sweetest moments…
together, with you.
It’s sharing life,
REAL life.
And this life, comes with distracted conversations,
but also with heart exchanges
that require no words.
This season’s hurried goodbyes
come with unspoken, all-in, beautiful kindness
that refreshes my soul.

This season will end
and we’ll go back to long, quiet coffees
But one thing I’m sure of…
we’ll never be the same.
Our hearts will always run deeper
together
because of our distracted conversations
and hurried goodbyes.