Wouldn't you live differently?

March 20, 2017
Day 170

     Matt told me something interesting today. He watched a movie about this woman who was abducted by aliens? Something along those lines...
   
     In the movie, she keeps having what she thinks are flashbacks of her life. In these flashbacks, her daughter gets sick and dies. But then the woman realizes that she is not having flashbacks, she's having glimpes of her future; her future daughter will get sick and die. She has to decide when she gets back to earth whether or not she even wants to have a child because she knows that her child will get sick and die.
   
     Matt said that it got him thinking about this: people always say, "make the most of the time you have because you never know how much time you really have." And yes, that is true. But then Matt asked this question: what if you knew how much time you had? Wouldn't you live differently? What if you knew that you only had a few short years with someone you love? Wouldn't you make every second of every day count?

     We both said we would live differently if we knew we had only a few years with our children or with each other. But then the question is this: if we would live differently, shouldn't we just live differently now?

     Shouldn't every day be wonderful and pleasantly spent? Shouldn't every day contain long cuddle sessions on the couch? Shouldn't we do our best to make every day special and meaningful? Shouldn't we use every second wisely?

     We both answered: yes. If we would live differently, then we need to make changes and live differently now.

     Thankful for important conversations with my husband about life. I'm thankful I get to call him my husband. Thankful for the life we have together. Thankful for our sweet, precious children. Thankful for the home we share together. Thankful for all the dogs we love and have loved. Thankful that there is always a fresh, new day in which you can do things different than before.