If we were sitting down today, enjoying a cup of coffee, and I asked you this question… “Would you be more of a “prioritizer” or “procrastinator”?” What would you say?
If you were to ask me that question, I would have to say, “I love setting priorities but it took losing my daughter to cancer to realize my family seldom made the top of my daily list.” Sure I told them everyday “I loved them” and gave them hugs but kids spell LOVE…TIME.
I’m ashamed to admit it, but it’s true. I took my kids for granted. I just expected that I would have “tomorrow” because the tasks of my “today” always got in the way. I used to say to my kids… “Just a minute” when they want to spend time with me. I should have said, “Here I come!” That would have made them feel they were my top priority. While I can’t hit the “rewind” button of my life, however I can learn from my past and make today better.
I have this picture hanging in my office as a reminder to me…
At the bottom it says…“A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove…but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.”
So no matter if you “prioritizer” or “procrastinator”, let’s both strive everyday to make our kids know they are TOP PRIORITY in our lives.
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