Today I was trying to schedule out my last few weeks in America. My dad and I were trying to plan something, and my mom wanted to go shopping and out to lunch but all of our schedules were clashing like crazy. Finally, Dad and I worked something out but Mom and I were struggling. We poured over the calender on her handy-dandy iPhone and came up with nothing. She had lunch with a friend one day, I was getting in all the hanging out I possibly could before I left my friends for 6 months.
At first, it was frustrating. Why were neither of us willing to give up something in our schedules so we could spend time together? Then, it was sad. Since when was it more fun to spend a few hours with my friend before I leave than time with my mom? Mom and I always have so much fun together. We go shopping, out to lunch, take roadtrips to Chicago or North Carolina and always have a blast. Why wasn't I willing to make room for her in my busy-but-not-that-important schedule? I mentally shook myself and cleared my head. The people who matter the most to me are my family, and if I'm about to leave for 6 months, they are the people I want to spend the most time with.
Finally we scheduled a time that would work, and I'm much more excited to hangout with my mom than with my friends this week (not to say I don't LOVE my friends - I do!). I'm not sure why I made a post about this, but I think this little situation got me thinking. I realized that the life we live is so short. It doesn't seem like enough time. Time goes by and before we know it we've lost close friends and family and we didn't even get a chance to tell them how much we loved them.
This is your time. Live it to the fullest, and frequently carve out special time in your busy schedule to spend a while with someone close to your heart. The time we're given never seems like quite enough and the last thing I'm sure any of us want is to wake up one morning and realized we've wasted it. xoxo
Always love a story where we end up LOVING OUR MOMS MORE.
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