Time is a gift
Spend time with those you love. One of these days you will say either, “I wish I had; or “I’m glad I did.”
As I get older the one thing that ways heavy on my heart is the speed of time. It seems more and more these days that time is moving so much faster. This year I turned 50 and truly do not feel my age. I am considered a Gen X which is a generation born between 1965 to 1980. Most people my age look like they are in their mid 30’s and mindset stuck in their 20’s. I grew up in the 80’s. It was about Saturday morning cartoons, afterschool specials on ABC, and summers were about staying outside from when we woke up until the street lights came on at night. My sisters were always forced to call me for supper by yelling my name at the corner of our street because they never had any clue where I was and what house I was playing at. Definitely different times back then. That was just the way life was for me and my friends. I was considered a ‘latchkey kid’. My parents were Italian immigrants and were working all the time to provide for us so often my older sister had to look after me but her idea of watching me was her watching TV. Unlike kids today I hated being inside. The world was for exploring and testing my boundaries and trying new things.
Time is a gift and many people waste it. The biggest waste is not spending time with family and friends you love and making memories. As my parents get older it was important for me to have them in my life and in my son’s life. So important that, I asked them to move in with my son and I when I was moving cities for a promotion. Best decision I ever made. My son and I get to see them everyday. To have an espresso with my parents I only need to walk down a flight of stairs. When I was younger I dreamed of living in an Italian villa on a property that had multiple mini houses that family could all live in and we would be our own little community. I don’t own a villa but I do have a house and get to have my family close to me which is dear to my heart.
Look at this way. If your parents only have two more years to live and you only see them on a few holidays like Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas which is three times a year. Three times a year multiple by two years is only six times you will see them again. Do you really only want to spend six more times with your parents? Think about the friends and family you have in your life and how important is it that you spend more time with them and make more memories. As the quote above states… will you wish you had or glad you did?
If they are important to you then make the time to spend with them.
