Day 38 - March 5

We just got back yesterday from a great vacation with my parents. Tim, Layla, Grandma, Grandpa and I headed to the Los Angeles area to simply hang out for a few days in the warm sunshine and escape from winter. We had a great time. One of my favorite moments of the trip happened on the day we arrived. We were walking at an outdoor outlet mall. Tim, Layla and my mom were walking ahead of my dad and me. I asked my dad "So how does it feel to see Layla" (my parents adore their only grandchild) he replied "Oh it makes my life". hmmmm that brought me to tears.
I am really learning how important people are. Relationships. Life really does come down to simply that. Relationship with Christ - which is amazing that we get to have that- Relationship with your spouse, with your kids, with your family, with your friends.
Possessions, nice house in the right neighbourhood, a nice car, the right title at work all these things really don't matter especially if you have to sacrifice relationship to achieve any of these things.
There is a Sara Groves song that I love (well one of many) Its called "Just One More Thing". The line I love is : "The end of your life your relationships are all you've got"
It so true. So I want to invest in people, in relationships, in experiences with my family. Cheese ball as its sounds I want those memories that last a life time. Those inside jokes with your friends and family. You know those jokes where all you have to do is say one line and you all crack up in laughter (Mom & Dad - "I can't feel my legs" )

I hope you enjoy this video




Thanks Tim, Mom and Dad for putting all the one things on hold for the past few days and for making memories that we can treasure and one day share with Layla

Here are the lyrics to "Just One More Thing'

There's always just one more thing
There's always another task
There's always I just have one more small favor to ask
And everything is urgent and everything is now
I wonder what would really happen if I stopped somehow
I'll be there in a minute
Just a few places to go
You wake up a few years later and your kids are grown
And everything is important
But everything is not
At the end of your life your relationships are all you're got

And love to me is when you put down that one more thing
and sayI've got something better to do
And love to me is when you walk out on that one more thing and say
Nothing will come between me and you
Not even one more thing

There will never be an end to
The request upon your time
It's your place to stand up and tell the world
You've got to rest awhile
And everything is important
But everything is not
At the end of your life your relationships are all you've got

And love to me is when you put down that one more thing and say
I've got something better to do
And love to me is when you walk out on that one more thing and say
Nothing will come between me and you
Not even one more thing