I’m not good at giving advice. I like to write about my experiences and readers can take away whatever morsels.

Take pictures.

Kids grow up too fast. You’ll hear every parent say that. You’ll shrug it off. Until that day you are sitting and it hits you, you were holding your swaddled little one; now you are watching her write her name and she’s suddenly tall enough to go on rides at fairs by herself; and she goes by herself–take pictures. You’ll cherish them, you’ll hold on to them, close, like you do your children.