So much fun this weekend! I spent the day with my parents. How many of you can say that you now make plans with your parents instead of being dragged around to family events by your parents?? I remember a time when I was young that I "had to go" and was being "made to go" to family stuff and other things. But now, looking back, I am glad I was there to experience them and look for opportunities to have more! Mom would be the one taking the pictures. I can remember us kids saying, not again! EVen now, she still does, and you can see her holding up her i-pad taking those pictures! Now I take so many pictures because I cherish those memories. I take so many I have to go through them to delete some, there are so many!
This weekend I went to the farm with my momma and daddy. (yes I am 57 yr old and they are still my momma and daddy!). It definitely was a long drive there, but worth it for the memories made. Taking a ride on the side-by-side back around the property to see all the trails, field and trees, to using the outhouse, to fishing on the pond! And the fish were hungry cause we got a whole mess of bluegill and catfish! And the weather was amazing.We couldn't have asked for a better day!
Have you ever felt that when you are with your parents or grandparents, you feel like a kid once again? I feel that way whenever I am with my parents. And there is nothing wrong with that. I know that my kids probably feel the same when they are with me. And now that I am a parent of adult kids, I know how my parents feel. It is hard to let go of wanting to love on and care for your kids like you did when they were young. At the pond fishing, dad helped me with baiting my hook with the worms and taking the fish off the hook after I caught them. It was great, just like when I was young. It is hard to adult sometimes and it feels good when you have your daddy to help, even if it is just a worm or fish. (not to say that I couldn't bait my hook with the slimy worms or take my own scaly fish off my hook! hmm)
I also took a lot of short videos. Technology has made it so easy to save memories. I am into taking these short videos of people and some conversations. It is a reminder of their voice, what they sound like, and even if the conversation isn't important, it shows that personality that you would want to see over again.
Whoever your family is, make time for them. It can be your neighbor, a friend, a co-worker, or a distance relative. Whoever it is, make those memories. Be intentional with your time that you have with them and your words.
Proverbs 22:6: "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."
Malachi 4:6: "And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers"
Love to all,
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