I'm a firm believer, especially these days, of the importance of intentional time. There's no area in your life that's more important than family. We all go through the motions of sending text messages, commenting on social media, or maybe even taking the time to make a phone call. However, none of those methods holds a candle to truly spending quality or intentional time with those that matter to you. Life gets busy and we all have so many things vying for our time but I highly encourage taking this time. The nssxt step is when you are in the middle of those moments to truly make sure you're present. I never really thought much about what it meant to be "present" but I've found my greatest joy in the last 6 months when I take the time to sit back and watch what's going on. My mama heart is finding the unimaginable happiness in watching my children interact with each other, laughing and picking at each other in fun ways, and watching as they interact with parents. Those moments are priceless and now stored away in my heart forever. I may be a little partial but I think I have a pretty amazing family.
In the last week or so, I've had the great pleasure of spending time with most of our children all-together. Spending time in a semi competitive arena at Top Golf with my husband and five of the seven of our kids was so much fun. While each of them is competitive in their own right, I was really touched by how they supported each other and truly just enjoyed each other's company. It's a rare time when we can get that many of them in the same place and the only thing that kept it from being perfect was that the other two children and our granddaughter we're unable to be there. Fast forward a day and having the chance to spend several hours together at a painting class with four of the seven was a completely different environment. Gone was the competitive nature of sports but the proximity of being at a table painting while using the complete opposite side of the brain from the day before showed a completely different side of each of them.
As the days countdown to when we leave Colorado for Florida, while my heart is heavy I truly do believe that those trips home or when the kids come to see us will be filled with intentional memories, not just those that are fit in amongst all of the busyness of daily lives. I've had a front row seat to see just how great our kids are and how they are all on such amazing Journeys in their own personal lives. We couldn't be more proud where each and every one of them is at and how their individual personalities have shaped them and made them into the amazing adults they've become.
I am committed to making sure that we find creative and interesting ways to stay in touch across the miles in between in person visits. I am definitely grateful to live in an age where technology is going to help us with this.
LISA'S WORDS OF WISDOM! Embrace the time you have with loved ones and do not take any moments for granted. MAKE INTENTIONAL TIME for your little kids, adult kids, spouses, significant others and parents .
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