Drifting off to sleep last night, physically exhausted but emotionally grateful for a family filled evening with children and grandchildren and even 3 great-grandchildren, my last thought was, “Ellen, savor this moment,”
One great gift of aging, I think, is the realization that time is a dwindling treasure that we can’t afford to waste. Remember those days in our lives when we couldn’t wait for the time we could drive a car, or graduate school, or get married, or make money, or whatever thing that always seemed to be in the future? Well, all at once the future is now!
Betsy has been visiting for a few days, and for some of that time, we went chasing memories! Visiting her old elementary school, first ball field, where grandparents grew up, and she relived, for just a moment, time and experiences important to her.
The song, If I Could Save Time in a Bottle, by Jim Croce, is really a love ballad, but phrases like, “If I Could Make Days Last Forever” or “But There Never. Seems To Be Enough Time”, is a great reminder to me, especially, that despite all the advice of time saving tips, time can not be saved, only savored. Spend your moments well.
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