Age

yet again..

Another idea has hit me. This time it was not at the breakfast island. This so called realization hit me as I was lifeguarding a ten year-old's birthday party. The birthday girl was excited. She was finally ten. Double digits. Finally. However, that wasn't the thing that struck me.
As I sat there quietly judging who "had the biggest splash," I see the birthday girl's father. He was glowing because his daughter was happy. He jumped off the diving board to make a big splash to show her friends. He was happy. I thought about this man for a long time, and realized that at some point, he was ten too. I also thought that he probably remembered a time when he had all the hair on his head, and maybe not so much on his back and chest. For tonight, and for his daughter. This dad was ten again.

People tell me all the time that time flies by. They tell me "don't blink!" because I just might miss something. There's going to be a day when I'm all grown up too. I want to be able to remember my tenth birthday party, and to make sure that my ten year old remembers theirs too. I want to be able to appreciate every moment. To understand that every second of my day is an opportunity to make a memory ( or a memory for someone else.) I don't think I'm exactly ready to grow up, but when I do, I want to remember how I took every moment to make a difference. I dream that maybe one day in life people will think about me and say that I have influenced them positively.

So tomorrow, I will spread love.


In joy,

Kandace