When – and if – you have extra time, make the very best use of it.

Of course that’s the recommendation and we all know this advice yet we rarely follow it (even if we are the ones giving it.)

Start early.

Review progress.

Check your work.

Revise and finish.

We think we have more (time) than we actually do. This is why we procrastinate and linger over getting things done or moving on to accomplish our next goal.

With family, it’s even more complicated. No one, except the people who have experienced it first hand know…

Life is too short.

Hold on to each other.

Stay as long as you can.

Make the time linger…

We never know when we will have that extra time to spend so do it now – even when you think you should be spending it doing something else compelling. (The laundry, the dishes, the straightening up – and yes, the email, too – it can all wait. You’ll find the time to do that later.)

~ Dawn aka Hat Girl