Writer's Workshop

What would you change about your life if you could?

This is the prompt I chose from Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop.

Hmmm..there are very few things I would change about my life if I could.

Right now, it would be that my 2 younger children, ages 4 and 2 would LISTEN TO ME and DO WHAT I SAY, every time I tell them something. But, this is just because right now they don't listen to me and they don't do what I say, so I am frustrated....beyond belief at times!

But what would I change about my life, if I could? Ummm I guess I would have most definitely changed the way I did high school, or rather didn't do it, but graduated nonetheless. I would have TRIED to learn what the teachers were teaching me and I would have given a rat's ass about homework and actually going to school, applying myself, so to speak.

I would also change the way I fought with my X-husband, back in the day. We didn't have any physical fights, but there was this one time we got into it, after I left him, and he wanted to see the kids, they were 5 and 3 at the time. I can remember (and this is weird that I actually remember this fight, because I have a crappy memory, for those of you who know me, you know this!) we were at my parents house and he wanted to see the kids and he had my son who was the 5 yr old and he was trying to take him, physically take him away from me and my sister was there and she and him had a tug-of-war with my son. It was horrible, that day I would definitely change.

I would change the events that happened last year in November...I don't want to go into it...but trust me, if I could change this, I would. No one died...but a friendship did. I would change that a million times over if I could, because this has affected me, my husband, my family...people that should not have been affected were and because of that, I would change things I said.

I would also change some things I have said in the past to my sister. She is the only sibling I have, my only sister. We used to fight really bad when we were kids and I would change that if I could. Now being older, thirty-something, I realize that my sister is my best friend, pretty much my only friend at this point. I have made a ton of mistakes in the friend department and I would change that, too, if I could.

Now what about you? What would you change in your life, if you could?

Big Mud Puddles & Sunny Yellow Dandelions

Life is not measured by the number of breathes we take - but by the moments that take our breath away.

When I look at a patch of dandelions, I see a bunch of weeds that are going to take over my yard. My kids see flowers for mom and blowing white fluff you can wish on.

When I look at an old drunk and he smiles at me, I see a smelly, dirty person who probably wants money and I look away. My kids see someone smiling at them and they smile back.

When I hear music I love, I know I can't carry a tune and don't have much rhythm, so I sit and self-consciously and listen. My kids feel the beat and move to it. They sing out the words. If they don't know them, they make up their own.

When I feel the wind against my face, I brace myself against it. I feel it messing up my hair, and pulling me back when I walk. My kids close their eyes, spread their arms and fly with it, until they fall to the ground laughing.

When I pray, I say thee and thou and grant me this, give me that. My kids say, "Hi God! Thanks for my toys and my friends. Please keep the bad dreams away tonight. I don't want to go to Heaven yet. I would miss my Mommy and Daddy."

When I see a mud puddle, I step around it. I see muddy shoes and dirty carpets. My kids sit in it. They see dams to build, rivers to cross and worms to play with.

I wonder if we are given kids to teach or learn from? No wonder God loves little children!

Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were big things.

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I read this and wanted to share it with all of you!