Seize The Moment

A few weeks ago a group of ladies went to the beach for our fourth annual beach trip.  We go every year on the Tuesday after Labor Day and come home on the following Saturday.  It is a great time of relaxing on the beach, reading, shopping, eating, and fellowship.  This year there were 12 of us who went, where as last year we had 16 go, which was our largest group so far.  Oh, forgot to mention "Kim on a Stick" was with us as well!

The highlight of our afternoon was to sneak into the "lazy river" at the Phoenix West next door to our condo!  We justified this by telling ourselves that two summers ago when they were building the Phoenix West we got woken up every morning about 6 am by the construction noises.  They also have a water slide and last year one of our ladies bravely went down head first only to entertain everyone with a swimsuit malfunction!  I'm not sure if she went down the slide this year or not.  

As we were floating on the tubes enjoying our "girl time" I was watching parents play with their children.  I thought how I wish I had seized the moment when my children were little.  Oh, don't get me wrong, I swam with them, but most of the time it was on my terms;  "don't get my hair wet, don't splash".  How I wish I had just had fun playing and swimming when they wanted to spend time with me.  They grow up too quickly!  What is 30 minutes of drying and fixing a thick mop of hair compared to spending precious moments with my children?  If only foresight was 20/20 we would have it made!


Until next time, Go Pokes!
Jani