As I am leaving my sweet baby girl, grandson and son in-law at the airport this quote ran through my mind like a mack truck.
“Life is but a brief moment. The years go by quickly and old age arrives suddenly before we have an inkling. People desire so many things and waste their days in vain. Some yearn for gold, others for power, yet others for glory and a higher station. But when death’s moment nears and they look back at their lives they’ve lived, they realize they’ve been happy only during those moments when they’ve loved.” -Borje Vahamaki
Nothing has been more important than the time I spend with those that I love. The drive in the crowded car, the earlier morning scramble, the worry about putting them in things like a 350 ton missile roaring across the sky or the pains that I can not shield them from in their lives.
In my life I have made mistakes as a mother, wife, daughter, sister and friend. I know that even though I try as I might... I can not make up for all the mistakes but only hope they understand no matter what... I loved them to no end. And... with a call I will be at their side to share their sorrow or joy no matter it be day or night for as long as I have a breath in my body.
I know that as George Bernard Shaw stated, "Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it onto future generations.”
I want to enjoy the moments together, laugh at the little things and understand what Bette Howland found in her realization “For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way. Something had to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.” I realized that I felt happiest when I spend time with those that I love. My days now... I cherish the laughter, the singing when I'm happy, feeling silly or songs in the car as a remembrance of earlier days and I take pleasure in the everyday meanderings. So yes... “Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes (or loves you back or holds their mouth the right way & etc.) Every day you are alive is a special occasion.”
– Mary Manin Morrissey
Today I choose to love, I try to live with a purpose, I'm grateful for all that I have and those that touch my life and allow me to touch their too, I allow myself to laugh a lot more, I sing whenever the urge hits, I try to spend my time with those that I care about and for those that I can't I keep them in my thoughts and prayers, I don't stress about money, many things are for more of a fortune & riches to me, I literally do dance like nobody is watching, I try to give of myself to others and lastly... I eat my "good for me" green vegetables like my mother insisted many years ago.
Nana
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