Making Memories

This has just been one of those

"over the top"

busy weeks..

It was Brook's homecoming at Southwest.

But... now that it's all over,

it is one of those times

where you are so thankful

that you have been a part of.

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My house is covered in glitter, sparkles,

ribbons, and fringe fuzz from Brook's mum.

But... (this one I know from experience)....

These are the times that both children

and their parents look back on

with smiling memories.

Now that Brent is about to turn 20 years old...

I look back and remember

his first garter I made him,

and the girl friend's (or date for the week)

mums I made over the years.

I giggle about his taste, and him thinking

I was putting too much on it.

When has a girl ever thought that

about a mum. hee hee

So as I get ready for bed tonight.....

completely ready to relax for a while

I am forever grateful for these memories and

YES.. even these messes...

Because when the time has long passed

Those are all we have left.

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Overwhelmed, and Overdone

would be a kind way to express the

state of my life the last few weeks..

I have turned into the very thing I can not stand .....

Someone in a RUSH

who merely spends their day getting from one thing to another...

I spent so many years of my life in the "RUSH" mode

and I have made a vow to myself never to return.

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However.................

Return is exactly what I did..

When you spend your days in a RUSH you completely miss out on LIFE.

You only RUSH from one task to the next

telling everyone to " hang on a minute"

......and before you realize it your day is gone.

YOU may have accomplished your work,

but at what cost...

I had once again become the very thing I can not stand.

So as I look at this precious little boy

of whom I have told to "hang on"all week long........

I see precious time slipping by.

What a shame that we sometimes get so caught up in life that we forget to live it...