Things I Will Miss

“I can’t.  I can’t go on.  It goes so fast.  We don’t have time to look at one another.  I didn’t realize.  So all that was going on and we never noticed…Good-bye; good-bye, world; good-bye, Grovers Corners. . . Mama and papa.  Good-bye to clocks ticking. . . and Mama’s sunflowers.  And food and coffee.  And new-ironed dresses and hot baths. . . and sleeping and waking up.  Oh, earth, you’re too wonderful for anybody to realize you.  Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?” – Emily Webb in Our Town

Today is Monday. But not just any Monday. Today is a joyful Monday – a day to sing and laugh and eat cake. Today is a contemplative Monday – a time to reminisce on the past, relish the present, and look ahead to the future. And, of course, today is a Listicles Monday.

Stasha at Northwest Mommy issued the prompt of Things We Will Miss and Things We Won’t Miss, taking a cue from the lovely late Nora Ephron, who published her own will-miss and will-not miss lists in her final book, “I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections.”

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Things I Will Miss

1. Family
2. Friends
3. My oldest son’s laugh
4. My youngest son’s smile
5. My husband’s touch
6. Autumn’s fiery colors and crisp air
7. A cool shower after a hot, sandy day at the beach
8. Driving to the airport before vacation
9. Sleeping in my own bed after returning from vacation
10. Foot rubs
11. Cookie dough
12. Surprises
13. Cards and letters in the mail
14. Long dinners
15. Comforting hugs after a good cry
16. Birthdays

Things I Will Not Miss

1. Mosquito Bites

As Emily Webb said in Our Town, perhaps life is just too wonderful for anyone to realize. Do we ever realize it while we live it? Well, I, for one, plan to do my best to realize it today – for this is one freaking fabulous Monday.

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