it's ... now!

wow ... not even sure how to follow up a post like that ...

all i will say is ...

thank you.

i love you.

and i am 'sure' :)

and now, in my attempt to follow it up ...

i am jumping back to my one word challenge post.

although i believe there are a few words that really do captivate what i am feeling,

i have decided to choose a word that is little - but packs a lot of punch.

this word can take on many different meanings -

coming out of my mouth it can mean something very different than coming out of my 2 yr olds :)

my word is going to be ... now.

when i look back at what i said,

i realize that a lot of my problem is that i don't make time right NOW.

it is SO easy for me to get caught up in the fact that if i don't do my laundry NOW that tomorrow i will have more. or that if i don't chip away at the millions of thoughts running through my head right NOW that many of them will get lost :)

BUT...

while i'm doing that ...

i'm missing out on all of the little moments that i could have been enjoying.

the little moments that REALLY matter.

and too quickly those opportunites are lost.

the 'now' moments become 'then' moments.

and too often i can't get those back.

i know i have mentioned this before on my blog.

after seeing kung fu panda this quote really stuck with me

"yesterday is history

tomorrow is a mystery

today is a gift

and that is why it is called the present."

and my whole 'NOW' idea goes back to that.

this year i want to focus on the now.

i want to snuggle with my little guys NOW ... not tomorrow night.

afterall, tomorrow night snuggling may not be 'cool' anymore.

i want to REALLY listen to the people around me NOW ... not be too busy thinking about the things i should be doing to stay ahead.

i want to live, appreciate, laugh, play, and love NOW.

not tomorrow.

not yesterday.

today.

now.

the present.

MY present.