I had a birthday last week. I took a week off work and went to visit family. Mom made me a cake. Okay, to be fair I nagged until she agreed to make the cake. I can be a real pain in the ass when I try. At any rate, she made me cake and it was delicious.
I've been living on the west coast for three years now. That's a solid 2500 miles from my family, many of my friends, and the culture I was raised in. It's funny the things you take for granted when you're in the only place you know. It's funny how those are the things you notice most when they're not there anymore.
A lot of little ordinary somethings really stood out to me in that week at home, and in my mind I had sketched out how I'd share some of those things that touched me the most. I realized as I started to do just that, that the ordinary somethings that I've come to appreciate as the things that make my heart beat aren't really so exceptional when I try to put them to words. Instead, all I can really think to go with is a few words of encouragement taken from truths I have been reminded of recently: take some time today to love, to grow, to learn, and to notice the things you've let slip past you as days rush by. It's easy to wish todays away to get to some vague tomorrow, but worth so much more to slow down and appreciate time before it's gone.
Oh yeah, and have some cake. CAKE!
I've been living on the west coast for three years now. That's a solid 2500 miles from my family, many of my friends, and the culture I was raised in. It's funny the things you take for granted when you're in the only place you know. It's funny how those are the things you notice most when they're not there anymore.
A lot of little ordinary somethings really stood out to me in that week at home, and in my mind I had sketched out how I'd share some of those things that touched me the most. I realized as I started to do just that, that the ordinary somethings that I've come to appreciate as the things that make my heart beat aren't really so exceptional when I try to put them to words. Instead, all I can really think to go with is a few words of encouragement taken from truths I have been reminded of recently: take some time today to love, to grow, to learn, and to notice the things you've let slip past you as days rush by. It's easy to wish todays away to get to some vague tomorrow, but worth so much more to slow down and appreciate time before it's gone.
Oh yeah, and have some cake. CAKE!
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