The Daily Grind

I'm gettin older, like most of us... I have a daughter who's 10. It's hard to believe time has passed so fast. It seems like only yesterday I was holding her in my arms and rocking her to sleep. It occurs to me that soon, she'll get through the phase where she'll want to hold my hand anymore, or come up to me suddenly and say "huggy!" and give me a spontaneous hug... These days will become memories all too soon, too fast, and I'll miss them. I'm trying to spend as much time with her as I can now, to burn those precious moments into my mind as best I can and, hopefully, into hers too. She's my only child and as such, is precious and special. Being a night worker makes it tough to spend quality time, but I try, and I can only hope that she appreciates it and remembers the fun, the laughter and the love.

It all goes by just too fast. I know that she has to grow, but I want a part of her to stay little forever...