I have always been a seize the moment kind of gal. I'm a leaper, I don't hesitate on a decision and I tend to not think of what I'm about to say. I have always been this way. When I married my husband he would always tell me to look at the pros and cons of a decision or to think things through before I say them. This has always been a struggle for me.

I want to make a consious decision to be able to enjoy this year and take the time to enjoy the simple pleasures life has to offer. I think we often miss out on the little things, because we think they are just "Little things".

My husband and I always find time to spend it with our son. We go out to eat at his favorite restaurant, we play games together, we walk and take him to his games, we are a very family oriented and parent involved family. My husband and son spend a lot of father son time together and well, I have my son everyday and he goes to school where I work and we ride together and once we get home it's a mad dash for all the chores to get done.

Yesterday my son had asked if I would watch a show with him. Now I do sit with him as he's watching television but I'm reading or doing something like laundry or dishes. Never truley watching the show but making sure he see's I'm around. He stopped me and he told me "No mom sit with me for reals this time" I felt so guilty because even though I felt I was with him I was mentally checked out because I was focusing on more "important things" than the show. (I was trying to kill 2 birds with one stone.)
So I sat and we watched a show he scooted real close to me and leaned on my shoulder, he let out a sigh and then we watched this really cheesy cartoon. Now in my mind I was saying to myself, I could be doing something productive with my time instead of watching this half hour show. Then my son said "Mom thanks for just sitting with me and spending time together" I felt so guilty and ashamed for thinking the things I was thinking earlier.
How on earth could I have thought those things, when that's all my son wanted me to do was to watch a show with him "FOR REAL!"

I decided from that point on that day was going to be a non-work vegg day. We sat and watched movies and ate popcorn, we bundled up on the couch with snacks and a warm blanket and when my husband came home from golf, he changed and did the same. It was such a nice relaxing day and I slept that night not worrying about the cleaning, laundry, dinner, or any other chore for the day and just RELAXED!

So to reiterate what I said in the beginning,
I'm going to continue to seize the day but never pass up the moment to smell the flowers!