Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. As quick as it is to read those words, the days have flown just as quickly. We are going flat out to complete all the tasks on our respective lists but instead of getting smaller, my list just keeps getting bigger!
So I flew off to Toronto to visit a friend I've known since kindergarten. We had 30 quality hours together before I headed back home this morning. Seems a bit selfish and irresponsible of me in the midst of everything, but it felt more like a much-needed coffee break from the chaos that has become our lives.
I like to think I'm learning to 'live life while I still can'. We never know what lies around the next corner, or just over the next hill. All we know is what's in front of us right now. And if we're always wondering about what lies ahead, we may trip over (or worse, stepover and miss) what is right before us.
Like the opportunity to spend 30 hours laughing, eating and drinking with someone who once coveted my purple-striped bell bottoms and remembers what my natural hair colour is (even if I don't!)
These are the moments we need to grab more of and yet we find excuses why we can't until fate or a long-distance move makes us realize that life is precious and short. Friends, really good friends, are never far from our thoughts. And though time and sometimes distance, great distance, provide convenient excuses for our absenteeism, all that really matters is that in the end we live with no regrets.
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