Children

Pencil drawing of my nephew Tristan's feet held in his father's hands. This was on of my favorite pieces to draw.

Isn't life so precious? How fast it passes us by, how for granted we really take it.

This was done when Tristan was only a couple months old. They will never be this size again. Babies grow up so quickly and right before our eyes they grow up to be men and women that we have tried to mold into something wonderful and amazing.

My children are 16, 15 and 13 now. They are growing up so quickly. They are amazing teenagers and beautiful people with such potential for their future. I long for the day where they succeed further in life and can truly know that they have created a happiness for themselves and know that what they have done has gotten them there. They are very intelligent and athletic people and have so much to offer the world and I don't even think they realize just how much either. One day they will take the world in their hands and have children of their own to mold and teach and raise and what a blessing that will be.

We all must learn to never take our children for granted. We must always remember that we are who they learn and model from. Let them live and make choices for themselves and know and learn who THEY are as a human. We are here to guide them not control them, we are here to assist them and provide information and help to them, we are here to apply those band-aids where ever they are needed...but we must let them fall and make mistakes and bad decisions in order for them to learn and grow from this as well. Love your children and let them know everyday that you love them and mean something to you because before you know it, they will be gone.