Who's That Girl?

It’s been one of those weeks lately, months if I’m being honest. It has been one thing after another. Hearing about one friend’s heartbreak, another battling an illness, another struggling financially. Even personally I’ve had to battle through some tough emotions, memories and feelings especially around the holidays. It’s been hardships all around and for so many people and it made me sit and think. Is it just me that feels like there is something going on in this world that you just can’t quite explain? Long gone are the days when your only problem was if you could hit play and record at the same time fast enough to record your fave song that was about to come on the radio or if your parents would allow you to stay out an hour later than your normal curfew time.

It’s crazy how you wish away your childhood because you think it will be so much better once you are an adult.  You won’t have rules to follow that your parents make even though as an adult you realize just how important those rules were.  You don’t have homework to do anymore that interrupts your play time although work becomes an even bigger part of your day so let’s just hope you find something you love to do.  You don’t have to worry about how uncool you may look with your parents dropping you off to your friends house or school and kissing you goodbye although there will come a day when you would give anything to have a kiss from your parents one more time.  Being an adult is hard so why were we all so eager to become one and now that we are one, why do we wish to go back?

It’s so easy to take things for granted when you are young, innocent, and naïve and although I don’t like to constantly lecture my daughter on just how lucky she is, I do find myself trying to remind her to just enjoy her childhood as much as possible and that these things that you think are problems now won’t matter in time.  Although she has had a good taste of adult reality in her 11 years of life and she has probably had to mature a little quicker in some regards, I still want her to just be a kid, to laugh, be silly, have fun and just soak up as much as possible right now while trusting the guidance and advice her mommy gives her along the way.  She usually replies with her usual “I know mom” while rolling her eyes or laughing at me but I guess we all did that when we were kids.  As I am sure she will receive the same from her kids God willing when that day comes. 

I guess my thoughts to share for today with everyone would be to just savour every moment and to just breathe.  Time goes by so slowly yet quickly and you never know what the future holds so just live in the moment today – as painful as that moment may be or as joyful as it may be.  Enjoy that sweet dessert, enjoy that moment of laughter or jump in that puddle of rain if your heart so desires.  If it is a painful day, just sit in your feelings for that moment and try your best to make it through in any way you can.  Call a friend and talk it out, grab a Starbucks and have a moment to yourself. Just find little things to help push you through and find even the smallest of positives in that day.  I know, it’s easier said than done, Lord knows I battle it myself daily but if we remind ourselves to breathe and to push through, maybe tomorrow will be brighter. 

LM