#133. [Parenting Diary] "How many more times will we be able to go together?" Realizing the preciousness of the "now" in parenting at a summer festival

The other day, I went to a summer festival with my children.

As soon as we arrived at the venue,
"Wow! It's a festival! ✨"
"I want to eat shaved ice!"
"I want to go yo-yo fishing!"
my daughters said with their eyes sparkling.

As we ate shaved ice together, went yo-yo fishing, and I watched them walk along holding their yo-yos carefully in their small hands, I thought, "We had fun again this year."

But on the way home, I suddenly thought about this.

"How many more times will we be able to come to a summer festival together like this?"

When you're raising children, there are days when you think, "I wish you would grow up faster."

Mornings are spent chasing after preparations, being swayed by the "terrible twos," and sometimes losing my composure while trying to balance work and parenting.

Even so, children grow up surprisingly fast.

Before long, they will start going to festivals with their friends, and there will be fewer times they walk holding their parent's hand.

That is exactly why I want to cherish this "time that only exists now."

Working as a doctor, there are many moments where I am painfully aware that "time does not turn back."

That is why, even in parenting, I want to value enjoying an ordinary day together more than "doing something special."

They might forget the summer festival, the shaved ice, and the yo-yos in a few years.

But the time we laughed together as parent and child will surely remain somewhere in our hearts.

This summer, we added another precious memory.

Cherishing each and every moment.

It was a summer festival that made me feel that all over again.

*This manga is created using AI.
*The mother is wearing a white coat to make the doctor setting easier to understand, but in reality, she does not wear one to festivals (obviously).