“Time is what we want most but use worst.” – William Penn

Time. It stops. It moves so quickly. We often feel like we were never given enough of it. And some days we wish it away. Time slips away from us when we are least expecting it because we always anticipate the 24 hours of time that we should get tomorrow. But the key word in that last sentence in SHOULD. Nothing is ever promised and we often forget that. And what is even worse than anticipating the 24 hours that we should get tomorrow is anticipating that what we have today will be there tomorrow. I’m talking anything from your house, to your best friend, to your legs. We have all of this today so why wouldn’t we have this tomorrow? Because never will we ever know what tomorrow will bring. Even if you are the greatest planner in the world, our plans are just details when it comes to Gods plan and the timeline he has set out for us.

Time. We waste it so easily because we think our reasons our so legitimate. “I just don’t feel like it”. “I’ve had a bad day so I just want to lay here”. We miss out on what we never know might be our last opportunity to do something because of these empty reasons. Make. The. Time. Actually no. You have the time. 24 hours of it. It’s all there sitting right in front of you no matter how busy you are. So instead, TAKE the time. Instead of spending the next hour scrolling through Facebook, take that hour and go bake a cake with your kids, or take a trip to surprise your 80 year old grandma. Take that lunch break and go for a walk because you never know if it will be your last chance to stand on your own two legs. If you take the time now, you will have fewer regrets later. I promise you that.

Time. The days can drag on sometimes but the years actually go by so very quickly. We never believed our parents when they tell us years fly by the older we get until it’s too late. Until your precious baby boy is all of a sudden 4 and a half and running out the door to go help dad and yells “I love you more” before shutting the door behind him. Where did all that time go? The things we never would take the time to do when we were younger are now such good days in our books. For example, on Monday I had a tooth pulled. My mom had to bring me because my husband had to work. Appointment was at 8 and I was home by 9:30. My kids were going to stay at the sitters for the majority of the day so I could take it easy. After having my tooth pulled, it was an AMAZING day. My mom brought me back to her house. I got a nap in. My mom made me lunch. And then we sat on her bed for THREE HOURS just talking, watching Christmas movies, and ordering Christmas gifts. Things I would have never took the time to do when I was younger or would have appreciated is now something I would take the time to do any day of the week. Take the time to spend more time with your mom. Just you two. Because your mom is in your corner even if it doesn’t seem like it all the time. I’ve never heard anyone ever say they wish they would have spent less time with her.

So this post about time has taken a turn into something beautiful. A post about our moms. Because the time we do have with them is short. There are never enough memories with her. And I’m fortunate enough to still have mine but many of my friends and family members do not. So take the time. And when you do, don’t spend that time with your face glued to your phone. Sit in their new tempurpedic bed and try out all the settings. Laugh about all the stuff you said and repeated while you’re coming out of anesthesia. Your kids will see the time you took to be with your mom and hopefully that cycle will repeat again someday. So here’s to my mom. And here’s to hoping I can keep on track then next time I write down my thoughts about time! Love you mom!

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