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Family Phil: Memories Can’t Wait

My son will turn ten this year, and I suddenly realized that the clock is ticking. Ticking loudly. I have eight more years to make memories with him, and eleven more years with my daughter, and then they will be adults making memories of their own. How am I going to make the most of that preciously short time with my children? I ask myself this over and over now, because I don't want to be asking this question when it's too late and I'm full of regrets for the things that I did not do. The easy answer is just to be there for them, at every opportunity. I've got that one down already. We make memories every day with the fun that we have and the lessons that we learn/Family Phil, A Family Runs Through It. More here.

Related: Notes on a Napkin notices the swift passage of time as her daughter turns 9 here.

Question: Where do you make your family memories?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.