(Video) The Days Are Long But The Years Are Short

If you're a parent, you know it seems like your kid is growing up so fast. “Just yesterday” he or she was learning to crawl…

Then “the other day” he learned how to speak…

Not literally. That was actually years ago. But it can seem like it was just yesterday and that’s what today’s video is all about.

And even though the story is about a mother and her daughter…

At its heart this is a message for all of us to remember the simple things in life.

Note: The touching video was made by Gretchen Rubin, author of best-selling book “The Happiness Project.” She wrote the book to chronicle her experiences with testing out all the “tried and true” methods that people say would help her find happiness.

As you can see by this video, one of the things that really worked for her was learning how to more effectively appreciate the present moment, regardless of how mundane it might seem.