What’s
It All About?
As
I said with my first entry, this blog is about my life. My life and the things
on my mind: it is also to help me with writing as I am attempting my hand at
writing a novel. This is something I am
supposed to do on an almost daily basis to help get the juices flowing.
Today
I decided to watch a movie that always reminds me of happy times. “On Golden
Pond” I watched it the first time with my grandparents Scootie and Papaw Jack.
This movie always reminds me of my summers in Hot Springs, AR with my dad’s
family. I had such a good time on Lake
Hamilton and thinking about it makes me miss that time in my life so much I
literally ache. But this entry isn’t
going to be about me crying about the things in life one losses along the way,
it’s more about me coming to an understanding about life in general.
When
my Dad past away I was mad. Mad at how things ended; just when we had started
to patch up a rocky father and daughter relationship he was gone. Mad that God
had taken my Dad- when myself and my sister Morgan still needed him. However, I
have come to the conclusion that it was a lesson. Let the little things in life
go. Life isn’t about winning and losing, it isn’t about big houses, fancy cars,
and badges of honor that need to be collected along the way. Life will march
right past you while you are busy. Busy doing whatever is going on in your
life, busy working at jobs or raising kids. You put off family trips and
adventures because you are saving money for random things. Thinking, “No I will
go on that vacation in a year or so I need to save for a bigger house or car…”
and true you shouldn’t be irresponsible with money and set yourself up for
disaster but you shouldn’t be so frugal that you never have any fun either.
Because when you reach the end, memories are all that your left with and the
most important thing that you leave behind.
From
now on I will continue to try and live in the moment, savor the time with my
family and close friends. Keep striving to find the good in each day, no matter
how bad it seems. Keep remembering to look for Dad on the days when I know he’s
checking in on me.
Sorry
for the heaviness but it was on my mind today.
Love
to all-
Stephanie
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