Writing My Story

Recently, I began to think of my life as my story. How do I write my story when I don't know the ending? The answer came to me... "One sentence at a time." I was thinking about what kind of legacy I want to leave. What I'd like to have people remember about me.

I was out to lunch with two much younger women & their beautiful children. We were talking about how sometimes we wonder, "Is it enough to be JUST a mother?"  My response is YES.  Because I am 10 years older than one of them & twenty years older than the other, I decided to share my wisdom which comes only from having raised adult children.  I value my relationships with my three grown daughters more than I value my life. If I don't live to see another day (which I am quite sure I will), I know that each of my daughters has my heart inside her own heart. If I am not here to guide them when their own children struggle, I know that each of them has my story written on their heart & I will live on through them. I know that they will be good mothers.

How do I know this? Because I have invested my life in them, my most precious gifts from God. I don't regret one moment I have spent nurturing them, in conflict with them, or learning from them. I know that they have a compass in their heart that will lead them to find the answers they need in life. I thank God for allowing me the gift of TIME with my children.

Here's a few things that I trust they will remember about me:
  1  Ice-cream tastes better in the summer because the kids are out of school.
  2  Music is more fun to listen to when the kids are in the car.
  3  She loved to bake cookies.
  4  Too much homework ruins family life.
  5  Kindness matters.
  6  Dogs make good soul mates.
  7  The best way to follow Christ is by loving others.
  8  The beach is a good place to find Heaven on earth.
  9  If you want to know what's going on in your kids life, be their chauffeur.
 10 Write your story one sentence at a time.