Well, we’re finally here. The “last day of the world” according to the Mayans. I don’t at all believe that the world is ending tomorrow, but I thought it would be fun to consider what I would do if I knew it was the last day of the world. Would I do things differently on my last day?
I thought about it a good deal, and decided I wouldn’t really do anything drastically different. I wouldn’t go shopping and buy a lot of expensive things, I wouldn’t even have time to enjoy. I wouldn’t go try to do daredevil stunts, knowing the world is ending seems like it would be enough excitement for one day.
In reality, we would probably go out to eat for all three meals since I wouldn’t be worried about saving $ and I hate cooking. I would probably cuddle a little longer with my girl who’s growing so quickly and play a little more with my toddler that seems to enjoy the same game 1,000,000 times in a row. We would probably go to the park today, because I wouldn’t have to worry about if Little Man’s bronchitis is contagious, if he infected all the other kids, it wouldn’t really matter. Little Man would still have to take his nap, because who wants a cranky toddler on the last day of the world?
But really, as I thought about it, I don’t think my day would look drastically different than it does right now. We would play, we would laugh, we would love. We would sing songs, I would get annoyed at times, (yes, even on the last day of the world) I would probably be stressed, no longer worried about how we’re surviving and reaching our long-term goals as a family, I would instead be worried about making today the “perfect” day with my kids. Oh stress, I don’t ever really escape you do I?
The interesting thing for me was that I’m actually very happy with how I spend my time each day. Yes, I get frustrated/annoyed with things, yes, sometimes I want time alone. There I things I wish for there are days when I want to hide from it all, but when it comes down to it, this is how I want to be spending my days. I want to be a stay at home mama of 2 sweet kiddos, I want to be married to my sweet hubby forever and ever til death do us part. My family is what matters most to me in my little world and they are who I’d want to be spending the world’s last hours with. There are lots of things I still want to accomplish and experience in my lifetime, but if it were the world’s last day, I would want one last spectacularly ordinary day with the ones I love.
And I’m thankful that I have many more than one “last” day with them
A million more ordinary days |
Megan Nichols says
Cute! For our last day I let my son look at the Christmas decorations in Walmart a little bit longer. That is all the exciting things we did, maybe I will let him have extra ice cream after dinner. haha
living from glory to glory says
Hello, I just loved the idea of what would we would do if it was our lasr day here!!
It is best to live each day as it could be our last:)
Merry Christmas
Blessings, Roxy
mail4rosey says
I’d snuggle up w/my family and do normal things, just like you said. :) Those are the best things anyway.
Merry Christmas Eve-Eve to you and your lovely family!