Time

When I didn't have time (like during this past school year), all I wished for was time...

Time to make new friends. Time to nurture relationships with old friends. Time to do nothing if I wanted to. Time to discover and learn new music. Time to feel. Time to replace my bad habits with good habits. Time to serve. Time to really study the the scriptures. Time to figure it out. Time to let it go. Time to go to the temple. Time to love. Time to stay in love. Time to remember. Time to forgive. Time to ask for forgiveness. Time to know who I am. Time to like who I am. Time to know my Savior. Time to organize. Time to prepare. Time to LAUGH. Time to play. Time to read. Time to teach. Time to dance. Time to take it all in. Time to slow down. Time to be with family. Time to sleep. Time to be silly. Time to take pictures. Time to understand. Time to be alone. Time to listen. Time to write in my journal. Time to make a phone call. Time to write a letter. Time to be inspired. Time to find direction.

It is now summer. 

I have nothing BUT time. 

Now I have time to think about all the things in my life that I didn't have time (and didn't want) to think about before... My days are extra long when I'm left to be with my own thoughts for the majority of the day. 

This transition between school schedule and summer schedule is has been a bit of a weird one for me. I'm learning I just need to give these changes time.

BUT: I love it. I get to spend my day with 2 awesome children and they make me laugh (and they frustrate me). I love being silly, playing with sidewalk chalk, reading Goodnight Moon at least 5x a day, eating popsicles outside, singing You Are My Sunshine and the ABC's. It's the simple things.

Bottom Line: I'm learning to love having time again, and I'm remembering what to do with it.