Spring

I can't believe it's the end of March! What happened to the time between Halloween and Easter? Christmas has come and gone as well as New Years, Valentine's Day, Emily's birthday and St. Patrick's Day. The years fly by so fast now.

I remember when my mother used to say that and I would just laugh. I had all the time in the world.

Now as we prepare this year to celebrate Larry's 50th birthday, having already celebrated Emily's 15, move towards our 18th wedding anniversary in October and, dare I say it, my 46th birthday in August, I realize that all the time in the world is slipping by quickly, ...very quickly.

I have done a lot in my life compared to others. I've lived in Europe as well as the United States. I've gone to college and received a degree. I've married the man I love and have continued to love and be loved by him for more then 20 years. I've given birth to a beautiful daughter who brings joy to my life everyday. I've owned my own business. I have wonderful, lifelong friends. I have a lovely home and a great family.

But there is so much more I have to do.

• I want to travel....England, Ireland, Scotland. I want to take Emily to Paris. I want to visit Lebanon with Mona. I want to walk the Great Wall, see the Pyramids of Giza, wonder the streets of Rome and the hills of Tuscany, touch the ancient walls of Jerusalem. I want to experience Sweden with Helene, Transylvania with Larry and Slovakia with my family.
  

• I want to read so much more.....about history, the novels of Jane Austin, Charles Dickens, and more 19th century authors, about gardening and traveling and people following their dreams by living in France (Peter Mayle) and Italy (Frances Meyers).

• I want to renovate a beautiful old home and once again breath life into it.
  

• I want to cook lovely things found in lovely cookbooks then eat them!

• I want to once again live abroad, expand my vision, learn different styles of living.

• I want to loose 40 lbs.

• I want to create and let my imagination soar without the limits of time or pocketbook.

I have so much more I want to do and so little time.........