YOUR Gonna Miss This… Moment… Week 20

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This has been an interesting week.  I’ve healed a lot.  Learned a lot.  Grown a lot.  I had lunch this week with my friend and cousin, Mary.  She mentioned to me a quote that she had heard recently, and it had stuck with her…

“Don’t cry because it’s over.  Smile because it happened!”

Sure, I thought.  I like that too… and I went on, thinking I really should remember that, but probably will forget when I get home.

That evening we were at the school for a ball game, and in the hallway by the restrooms was a student created poster that said…

“Don’t cry because it’s over.  Smile because it happened!”   -Dr. Suess

Twice in one day.  Think “Someone” was trying to get me to take notice of that quote? 

My virtual friend Stacey @ Is There Any Mommy Out There wrote a very thought provoking post, Stop Thief this past week on basically that same issue.  Then Lori @ My Livin' Part of Life used a quote from the book The Shack, in her post Living in the Present… making me think again about how I live today without being obsessed with either the past or the future… such a hard balance.

So I am going to really work on even being more appreciative of the moments I am in, and not about them being over and what I am going to do then… because there is always something to every season to treasure.  To smile about…

Like I said earlier this week, watching Zach play 8th grade basketball is a blast!  These boys are good!  I struggle with the future, will the coach when they are freshmen put some of them up to JV and mess with the incredible chemistry these guys have going on?  Probably?  Are these the glory days for Zach’s basketball career (at least in the winning category, probably)  We are a small school… and our varsity team didn’t win once last season… this year they have won some… not that it is all about winning… My dad said, “AC may not win much, but they produce an awful lot of good people”.  I said, “Maybe that’s because losing builds character”  ;)

ANYWAY… ( I talk too much!)  Zach’s team is winning!  They beat a much bigger conference rival team a few nights ago by two points, and face them again on Monday night.  Should be interesting!!  I am so loving this season with him! 

How about a smile box?  There is some video in it, hope it works out so you can see it okay.  He is #24, normally in the center of my video screen.  The one doing the jumping!  I am curious how many steals this boy has had this season!  He doesn’t shoot the ball much, (he says the coach told him not to?) but he is an amazing defensive player!

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Iam gonna miss this… But, I am going to smile because I am there.  I am not going to cry, (very much) when it is over…

Pam

Now, how about you… what do you have that you want to share with us!  Go visit all the blogs that share their moments, leave them lovely comments… and share the smiles!