Life's Little Moments: Life is lived in moments

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Life is lived in moments

A FEW MONTHS AGO, I WROTE MY CHILDREN A LETTER.. AND I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO AGAIN EXPRESS TO THEM, AND MYSELF WHAT THE CONTENTS OF THAT LETTER WAS... IT FITS SO WELL WITH WHAT OUR LITTLE FAMILY HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH THESE PAST FEW WEEKS.. I AM NOT REPEATING THE WHOLE LETTER, JUST A FEW PARAGRAPHS.

REMEMBER, WE AS THE HUMAN RACE NEED CHOICES AND CHANGES TO KEEP OUR BODIES AND OUR MINDS MOVING... CERTAIN CHANGES CAN STRENGTHEN OUR STRIDE AND MAKE US LOOK DEEP WITHIN OURSELVES... CERTAIN CHANGES CAN HELP US LEARN A LOT ABOUT OURSELVES... IT CAN SHOW US WHAT WE ARE MADE OF AND SOMETIMES, WHAT WE ARE NOT MADE OF... ALWAYS WITH CHANGE THERE IS RISK INVOLVED.. RISK MAKES US STRONGER.. IT SHOWS OUR FAITH IN OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND OUR FAITH IN OURSELVES.. NOTHING IN LIFE IS GAINED WITHOUT SOME KIND OF RISK... TAKING RISKS KEEPS US FLOURISHING AND ENJOYING LIFE... KEEPS OUR MINDS KEEN AND OUR BRAINS LEARNING... WE HOPE THAT AS YOU GO THROUGH CHOICES IN YOUR LIVES THAT THAT YOU WILL PRAY ABOUT THEM... JUMP AT THE ANSWER... THEN RUN WITH IT...

REMEMBER, LIFE IS NOT LIVED IN YEARS... LIFE IS NOT LIVED IN MONTHS NOR IN WEEKS NOR DAYS.. NOT EVEN IN HOURS OR MINUTES... LIFE MY DEAR CHILDREN IS LIVED IN MOMENTS.. IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT TO LET YOUR LOVED ONES KNOW YOU CARE FOR THEM... A MOMENT CAN MAKE OR BREAK A PERSON... A MOMENT CAN SAVE OR TAKE A LIFE... THE MOMENT TO TRUST IN YOURSELVES IS RIGHT NOW.. LOVE EACH OTHER AT THIS MOMENT... LIVE YOUR LIFE AT THIS MOMENT... LET THE PAST BE THE PAST AND THE FUTURE BE THE FUTURE... DON'T PUSH LIFE AWAY BY LIVING FOR THE NEXT YEAR.. LOVE AND ENJOY EACH MOMENT NOW... ESPECIALLY WITH SMALL CHILDREN... THESE MOMENTS GO QUICKLY... DON'T LET THEM SLIP BY UN TREASURED... BELIEVE US... WE HAVE BEEN THERE AND WISHED THAT WE WOULD HAVE LIVED FOR MORE SPECIAL MOMENTS IN OUR LIVES... ALWAYS KNOW THAT YOUR MOM AND DAD LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH...

THIS LETTER WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD BEEN FEELING FOR QUITE SOMETIME.. I MISSED SO MANY SPECIAL MOMENTS BECAUSE I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT THE PAST OR THE FUTURE, OR WHAT OTHERS THOUGHT OF ME.. THEN I REALIZED THAT I ONLY NEEDED TO WORRY ABOUT TODAY.. AND CHERISH TODAY... AND THAT I ONLY NEEDED TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT I AND MY HEAVENLY FATHER THOUGHT OF ME... LOVE, MOM

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Grammy said...: You are AMAZING! And wise.; Tuesday, October 28, 2008 8:34:00 AM

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My Favorite Things

**Laying next to Ace while he is sleeping.. and watching him breathe.. knowing the miracle that he is.!!
**My Husband.. being with him, weather it be work or play. He is my best friend..!! I Love Him..He is always happy and makes me laugh.. mostly at myself..! I give him lots of amunition..!!
**Having all my kids togther in the same place at the same time..
**Butterfinger Candy Bars.. :)
**Finished Scrabook pages
**A clean house.. (it does not happen to often )
**Reading time ( nothing like a good book to take the world away )
**Sunday Naps ( or snuggling )
**Looking through my scrapbooks, photos or saved pictures on my computer.. I could spend hours looking at my kids and grandkids..

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED

NOV. 1ST 08:
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS PART TIMERS OR WHAT BUT.. A FUNNY THING HAPPENED THIS DAY.. I WOKE UP AND SAW THAT WE HAD 4 BANANA'S THAT WERE GOING BAD.. NOT WANTING TO WASTE THEM, I DECIDED TO MAKE SOME BANANA NUT BREAD.. SO I STARTED MY RECIPE.. I EVEN PUT THE BUTTER IN THE MICROWAVE TO MELT A BIT FASTER.. I GOT TO THE VERY LAST INGREDIANT (NUTS). AND THERE WERE NONE IN THE FRIDGE.. I COULD HAVE SWORN I HAD NUTS IN THE FRIDGE.. I ASKED BART IF HE THREW THEM OUT.. HE SAID HE DID NOT TOUCH THE NUTS.. HMMMM I CLEANED OUT THE FRIDGE JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE COULD I HAVE THROWN THEM OUT ACCIDENTALLY..?? I MUST HAVE OR SO I THOUGHT.. WELL I DECIDED THAT WE WOULD HAVE OUR BANANA NUT BREAD MINUS THE NUTS.. AND SO I PUT THE BATTER IN THE PAN... AND BAKED IT ON 350 FOR 45 MINUTES... JUST RIGHT.. WE ATE SOME OF IT WHILE IT WAS WARM AND ALTHOUGH WE MISSED THE NUTS.. WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS OKAY... WELL LATER THAT EVENING I WAS COOKING DINNER AND OPENED A CUPBOARD THAT I DONT OPEN VERY OFTEN.. AND A WHOLE BAG OF WALNUTS FELL ON MY HEAD.. I HAD PUT THEM AWAY WITH OTHER ITEMS.. I PRECEEDED TO COOK DINNER LAUGHING AT MYSELF FOR BEING SO FORGETFUL... WENT TO THE MICROWAVE TO COOK MY BEANS.. BUT HAD TO MOVE A CUP OF ONCE MELTED NOW HARDENED AGAIN BUTTER.. HMMMM WHO PUT THAT IN THERE... ??? GHESSSSSSS...

OCT. 20TH 08:
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON MY WAY TO WORK.. OKAY MAYBE IT WASN'T THAT FUNNY.. I WAS GETTING GAS ($2.76 A GALLON).. AND A LADY PULLS UP IN AN OLDER TEAL COLORED CAR.. I AM WATCHING A LITTLE KID SPITTING SPIT WADS AT AN OLDER SIBLING.. I SMILED THINKING OF MATT ANTAGANIZING LORA.. THEN I HEARD AN ENGINE START AND A SCRATCHING NOISE. AS I LOOKED UP THE LADY IN THE TEAL CAR HAD DROVE AWAY WITH THE GAS HOSE STILL IN HER CAR... I WHISTLED AND WAVED AT HER.. SHE WAVED BACK AND PROCEDED TO THE STOP SIGN... I LAUGHED... AND LAUGHED.. HOW COULD SHE NOT HAVE HEARD THAT HOSE HITTING HER CAR ALL THE WAY DOWN AS SHE PULLED OUT.. SHE IS GOING TO FEEL REALLY SILLY WHEN SHE GETS HOME AND SEES THE GAS TANK STILL OPEN AND SCRATCHES ALL DOWN HER CAR.. FUNNY STUFF.. OKAY I GUESS YOU HAD TO BE THERE...