Just thoughts

Whenever we post on the blog now, it is pretty much dedicated to what our kids are doing.  Frankly, they are way more interesting than we are.  But, inspired by my brother, I thought I would just take a few minutes and write a few of the things that I have been thinking about lately. As I look over the last week, and the tragedy that occurred at Virginia Tech, I realized something.  While I was horrified by what had happened, it didn't really affect me.  I remember when 9/11 happened, and I was glued to the TV for days.  I was pregnant with Emily at that time, and I just kept wondering why I was bringing a baby into such a wicked world.  Why didn't I feel that way this time?  Then, my brother posted a blog.  See, he knew one of the people who was killed.  And it suddenly became real.  It should have been before, but it wasn't.  I realized that we live in a world where on a daily basis we hear about people being killed or being awful to their fellow men.  And I have become a little desensitized to it.  That is really sad.  Life is pretty fragile.  And I think we all need to respect that a little more, and spend more time doing the things that are really important.  Which leads to something else I've been thinking about. . . . my kids. Wait, I thought I wasn't going to talk about my kids?!?  I don't know how to do that though.  My kids are my entire life, and they are amazing.  I am so grateful for them. I probably spend more time than I should cleaning the house or doing other things, and not enough time playing with them.  I was visiting a lady in my ward last night, and she was talking about how she looks back on the time when her kids were little with fondness.  And I realized that my time with little kids isn't going to last much longer.  When I look back, I don't want to have regrets that I spent more time cleaning than I did playing.  I get so little time to have them just to myself.  So, I'm trying to take more time to sit down and play Candyland, or go to the park, or do fun things.  My house will always need cleaning and there will always be more to do for church, but my kids are only going to be little for such a small time.  Those other things can wait, or at least not take all of my time.  I guess I realized how important my kids are to me.  Anyway, enough of that. So, that's it.  Just some stuff that I've been thinking about.  Nothing earth shattering, or even particularly enlightening.  Just stuff!  THE END!