Have you ever taken the time to contemplate your day? I've found in doing this just how fast time truly goes. Life is a precious gift, and we should strive to savor each succulent second. We should even find the good in swallowing the bad ones because they often sharpen us.
Love life. Live it.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
New beginnings are always sore
As I type this post, I keep thinking how I should really be trying to sleep right now. I mean, have to get up about 7 hours from now. But, I also keep thinking about how something new beginning almost always means something else must end.
For me, the new beginning is my marriage. Of course, I could not be more excited about joining lives with such an amazing, wonderful man, but....then there's the thing that has to end.
That sore ending is swim team. For the past two summer seasons, I have been coaching a group of amazing, genuine, wonderful kids. Ages 4 to 17, they all inspire laughter, love and friendship. Each of them has found a special place in my heart, where they have taught me about patience, flexibility and just going with the flow.
It makes me sad to think that I won't be able to spend next summer with these kids. I'll be living on the other side of the state, and yet I still try to turn over in my head how I could possibly coach next year, even with a 4 hour commute. I have yet to solve that problem. I mean, how can I live somewhere my husband isn't? I really don't know how our men and women in the armed forces manage it.
If you are reading this, and you are a part of my swim team, I want to thank you. Swimmers and parents, you have made this a completely joyful experience, and you are making it incredibly difficult for me to leave. If you are not a part of my team, I encourage you to find something, be it a hobby, a career or a person, that brings you challenges and joys that help bring you into being.
For me, the new beginning is my marriage. Of course, I could not be more excited about joining lives with such an amazing, wonderful man, but....then there's the thing that has to end.
That sore ending is swim team. For the past two summer seasons, I have been coaching a group of amazing, genuine, wonderful kids. Ages 4 to 17, they all inspire laughter, love and friendship. Each of them has found a special place in my heart, where they have taught me about patience, flexibility and just going with the flow.
It makes me sad to think that I won't be able to spend next summer with these kids. I'll be living on the other side of the state, and yet I still try to turn over in my head how I could possibly coach next year, even with a 4 hour commute. I have yet to solve that problem. I mean, how can I live somewhere my husband isn't? I really don't know how our men and women in the armed forces manage it.
If you are reading this, and you are a part of my swim team, I want to thank you. Swimmers and parents, you have made this a completely joyful experience, and you are making it incredibly difficult for me to leave. If you are not a part of my team, I encourage you to find something, be it a hobby, a career or a person, that brings you challenges and joys that help bring you into being.
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