Mom and I were talking. She said something like, "everyone leaves you." We talked about seasons of life and how things change. You change jobs. Changes houses. Cars. Sometimes you break up with someone. Sometimes your kids grow up and lead their own lives. Sometimes people die. Sometimes you just lose contact with someone from your past who you used to be close to. Sometimes I cannot even remember the names of people I knew way back when.
Then there are subtle changes that happen without you realizing them. You look back and say, hmmm, that's different than it used to be.
Case in point. I never. EVER. watch prime time TV. I haven't since I was a very young person. Before I got my drivers license. I used to watch soap operas. Young and the Restless, All My Children, One Life To Live and General Hospital. I watched them for years. Then I stopped. Then they came on soap net and I started watching them again. Then I thought, "this is ridiculous," and stopped watching them again. Now since I got Netflix, I watch whole series in a few short weeks. I have watched so many. Then I have watched some on netflix and now watch them on regular TV. So I have gone full circle. I haven't watch prime time TV since I was 15. Now I watch Prime Time TV.
This is just one example of how my entertainment has morphed over the years.
But what about your lifestyle? 20s? I had to go out every single night. I wore crazy clothes and spray painted my hair different colors. I drank. 30s? Motherhood. Driving my kids to school and listening to DC Talk and Jars of Clay every single day. 40s? Watching my kids do cheerleading. Going to Basketball games. 50s? Grandma. Dealing with Cancer. When you are really young you just want to be liked. You don't want to be bullied. If your hair is curly you want it straight.
Life is a series of stories. You go from one to another. Mom described it as a video. Not a snapshot. You go along and things change. Change is inevitable. You have to make it through one phase to get to the next. Sometimes the phases we find ourselves in are horrible. Death. Divorce. Disease. Addiction. But you can transition to a much better place. You have to will yourself to do something different. To lean on family and friends. To try.
So here's to this segment of your life and onward to the next.......
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