No time.......

WOW,.... It has been a while. It didnt realize that it has been a couple of weeks since I posted an update. A friend got me into facebook.com and I have to admit it has become a little bit of an obsession. It has been fun to reconnect with girls I remember having sleep-overs with when I was a little girl. Girls that I used to hang out with when I was first discovering hanging out. It has been fun to log on and see what my friends are doing at various times of their day.
The kids are out of school this week and hanging out. It will be nice for them to not have any time committments and obligations. It will be nice to have a decrease in stress, although I'm sure I will be stressing all day at work wondering if they are making good decisions. I hope no one will dye this week.
We spent tonight watching a great movie, "October sky". What a great movie. It spurred some great conversation about education, and the human spirit. We talked about perserverance, determination, hard work, and never giving up. I hope that my kids can be passionate about life and achieving their dreams, however individual those may be. I never worried about what my parents wanted me to be. I always felt that was my choice no matter what I chose. It has been fun to dream and to watch myself occomplish those dreams. Sometimes I feel that I cant reach them fast enough, but it is always nice to look back and see progress even though at times it was very slow progress.
I have spent the last week watching the stock market spiral, and watching the marriage proposals around the country, and reflecting about where our wonderful world is going. There is a part of me that wants to fight to maintain those things that I love. I wonder where we will be in 10 years. I am amazed at how fast things can change. It truly is a privledge to be here and have what we have. It is funny how many times I have commented on how life needs to slow down and simplify. This may be the catapult that slows things down and returns us to a simpler life. If it is I hope we will appreciate all that we have and feel how blessed we are. I wonder if my children can appreciate how blessed they have been, and how hard I work to make things good for them. I think that sometimes they dont realize all that goes in to our life.
A good friend told me about a friend that she has that his wife just left for another man, someone she met on the internet. I also had another friend the same night frustrated because her husband doesnt quite get the importance of the temple and family committment. I am wondering why people dont get the important things in life, the things that really matter. It seems to me that the gospel, and our Savior are the only things consistent anymore. I am frustrated with the way men treat women. Where is the respect, admiration, and adoration that we have seen in our parents? I know the same could be said for the men that go out and work hard every day for their families while their wives stay home and loaf. I guess that I have a new respect for those that have it figured out and treat each other like true treasures. Isnt that what it is really about? I guess as I reflect about time, that is really what needs to be considered, time............ We have so little, we need to treat it as a treasured gift. I think Tricia taught me this the best. Thankyou dear sister. I reflect on you so much of the time. How you truly got it. How you treated your family, put your priorities where they should be, lived your life in accordance with what you believed, and never,never settled. Thankyou so much for your wonderful example.
Ok, maybe I shouldnt go so long....... I may reflect to much. Thankyou to those that can truly appreciate my passion, my exuberance for life, and my challenge to excell. I know it drives me crazy, I would assume it does that for others. To those others, I apologize and say thankyou for loving me anyway.