I have heard in the last 2 weeks over and over how everybody is SO ready for 20-10 and to be done with 2009. My response: Agreed.
While we were on our Christmas vacation we caught a beautiful show, The Ride of Our Lives on PBS. I just flipped it on while we were playing Skip-Bo and before we (yes Heath too) knew it...there we were big OLD puddles. (Emphasis on old as I do turn 30 this year) This show caused me to reflect about relationships in my life, my 20s, how one day mushes into the next even though I have good intentions of remembering every exact little detail, how I want to parent and why I think it is so flippin' funny to see an 85 year old wife named Moose give her 88 year old husband named Spruce the BIRD. I seriously could not stop laughing. Intrigued? You should watch it.
Where does the time go? How does 10 years go by with the snap of a finger? How do I make it slow down? Who do I spend that time with? How do I spend that time? What is important in the end?
I love things like this show that make me stop dead in my tracks and take a look. Why wait until you are having a mid-life crisis or until it is too late for wishes and what-ifs. This is not another blog about New Years resolutions. This is about solidifying truths I already know and am working towards.
Thankfully this show was at the beginning of our vacation which helped me let go of the "to-do" list I had planned (I know. Shocking.) for us. It stopped me dead in my tracks to:
*Enjoy schooling Heath at Skip-Bo...11 games in a row...he is still in the corner rocking while sucking his thumb
*Play Hungry Hungry Hippos with Brevin
*Watch Rowan mature right before my eyes as he mastered crawling
*Went sledding on Christmas Day with friends
*Do our traditional Christmas puzzle
*Endless hours of bath time basketball
*Just being in our jammies, hanging out with nowhere to go or nothing to do...
What do I want to solidify? How to have THIS in my everyday life. What needs to be cut out so that I can experience this more than while on vacation. How do I engage and make the most out of the little moments versus be so focused on the big stuff. How.can.I.slow.us.down?! This doesn't come naturally for an extrovert doer like myself. But alas, I will keep on keeping and fighting the good fight because it is worth it. My family is worth it. Our time together is worth it. It might mean the house is not quite up to par. Or those scrapbooks won't get made. Or
Any tips from you expert readers out there? Anything I am missing? Am I on the right track?
1 comments:
Well, there may be one answer for this and it came from the other end of the world.
My Fiance Chheng, has said many times, that back in Cambodia time went really s-l-o-w.
Now that she's in the USA and part of the way of life here, time is flying by faster than she can believe!
So what's the difference?
Back there, there was no hurry to cram as much stuff and appointments into a day as possible. No rush to be somewhere at a certain time, etc. Just quietly live each day on the self-sufficient, self-sustaining farm No schedules, no deadlines, no off to soccer practice immediately after work and squeeze in Mickey D's for a greasy energy pill in between.
Can we do that - uh, no. But it just may offer a bit of insight.
Thoughts?
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