Do We Ever Know?

My goodness, I thought
When I first started running this year
The trees were bare
My son was this fragile little newborn thing


He's now smiling, squawking and sometimes giggling
We're headed towards September
School buses swarming, football players getting warmed up
And I'd like to pause it a minute


Sometimes I wonder
Do we ever know
We're in the best time of our lives?


Do we get so caught up in tomorrow
That we forget who's around us today?
Do we spend all our time running around and forget to play?


It's not an original thought that time never stops
We all know it, we've all pondered
Yet the special days, they get away and
We just have memories and pictures


Before we make those holiday plans
Figuring out who is going where
Before the trees again go bare
Let's appreciate the fading summer air