Life is short. We all know that. But what matters are the decisions you make knowing that life is short. John and I are about to make a major decision, mostly because of me. I want to make changes in my life so that I can focus on more of the "important things." One of those "important things" is spending time with my family. It is amazing every time that I am around any of our three nieces how much they have changed. Whether it has been two weeks or two months. I want to be around them more so I don't miss one of those changes, that I don't have to to hear about it as though it happened in the past. I want to be around them while they are still in that "phase". I want time so that we can play with them and have fun, spending a saturday afternoon together or having a sleepover.
What is a family? I have been told these past few years that once John and I have a family, I won't want to work as much so I better work more now so that I won't have to when I have a family. I believe I already to have a family. John and I have moms and dads, sisters and brothers, nieces, grandmas, aunts, uncles, and cousins. And we have each other. We have a family and I want to be able to spend more tie with my family NOW. The day will come when not all of the members of our family will be there and I don't want to miss a minute of the time when they are here.
The important things also include our friends and thier families both in MN and Iowa as well as friends that we have throughout the country, and soon to be across the ocean. We are so blessed to have such amazing people in thier lives and I am looking forward to creating more memories with them. Change can be tough but not when it means spending more time on the "important things".
