I miss sleep

I remember before moving in with my boyfriend, husband now, and it was just my dog and myself.  It was so easy back then because I didn't have to wake up every morning at 5am.  I miss those days when I could sleep in.  I forget what it feels like sleeping in.  I wake up every morning at 5am no matter what time I go to sleep the night before.  I am starting to drink more coffee every day to keep myself awake, and sometimes I'm still tired.  But everyone keeps telling me that it gets easier when my kids get older.  For some reason, I don't think it will.  But I honestly wouldn't trade this life for anything.  As much as I want to sleep in until four in the afternoon some days, I love my life.  

I never thought I would be a wife and/or a mother.  I love the happiness my children give me.  It is a feeling I can not even describe when I see my children smile at me or when I can make them laugh.  So, even though I am incredibly exhausted every morning, when I see my children every day, I put my exhausted feelings aside and put on a happy face.  Because like my husband says, "they're only this little once".  So I am going to make the best of it and treasure every day and every moment that I have with them because I know soon enough they will be off to college doing their own thing.