My daughter is moving today and tomorrow and I feel a kind of sadness inside of me. 

I will miss her more then anyone will know. It will now be long distance by phone and I will miss talking to her three or four times a day. It will be hard to see her in the winter if the roads are bad or the pain in my body makes it to hard for me to drive on a particular day.

I will miss her calling me just to tell me of some silly thing one of my grandchildren have done or said. I will miss her calling so I can talk to her dog -- my grandson Shakarm. LOL  Seriously - I talk to him on the phone and he barks back to me. I love it !!!  Voodood talks to my dogs on the phone to and it is so cute to watch them as they cock their heads and listen to her. She talks to my parrot Floyd on the phone and he whistles to her. I will miss calling back and forth on a whim just to chat about the bird that landed outside the window or how pretty the rainbow is in the sky after a rainfall.

I have grown used to talking to her several times a day and I have grown used to our mother daughter days a couple times a month. I have grown used to being able to pop by her house when I am in the city just to have a tea and a smoke.

You never know how much you value something until it is no longer at your fingertips. 

Aha you are all saying - I knew Misker was gonna launch into some moral or lecture on life with all of this. Well you are right.

Folks I truly mean it when I say you do not know what you have until it is gone. The little things in life are the most important. It isn't having a fancy house or a fast car. It isn't having a million dollars in the bank or special brand name clothing. The important things in life can not be bought on a store shelf or from a catalogue. They can not be found in a pretty package or in an exclusive shop.

We rush around everyday doing this and that and not taking the time to see what we are missing. We are so busy with everyday life we forget what is truly important. 

When was the last time you stopped and watched your critters playing or stopped to marvel at how they get into some of the silly positions they get into when sleeping ?  When was the last time you picked up the phone to call someone you love for no reason other then to hear their voice or to tell them they were on your mind today ?  When was the last time you actually looked at your child or your spouse and truly seen them ? When was the last time you stopped whatever you were doing that was so important and just took the time to step outside and marvel at the beauty of nature ?

How long has it been since you just took a day to yourself and walked in the park or the woods and enjoyed the silence of the moment ? How long has it been since you just sent a card for no reason to someone you have not heard from in awhile to let them know they crossed your mind? When is the last time you paid someone a compliment and truly meant it ?

How many times have you said to yourself " I will do it tomorrow ?" or "It can wait until later"  or "It does not really matter"  or here is one how many times have you thought to yourself "I do not have to tell someone I love them because they should already know that without being told" ?

Know what?  Sometimes there is no tomorrow or no later. Sometimes there is no second chance to do something that would of only taken you but a minute to do at the time you think of it. Sometimes putting something off can cause regrets later on. Trust me I know this is true.

Folks don't live with "later"  "another time"  or "someday". Don't always put off until tomorrow what you thought about today. Don't leave yourself open to regrets.

Don't think that you do not need to say or do something because the other person should know how you feel. If you feel something why not say it or do it when you are thinking of it ? How much time does it take from your day to let someone know you care?

For those of you with small children and/or critters. Don't push them away or make them wait til later for a walk or to play with them for a few minutes. Take the time to share time with them. They may not be here tomorrow. I personally myself have found small children and critters more loyal and honest then most adult human beings. Don't mistreat that loyalty and honesty by pushing it away "until later". Stop what you are doing and take the time now before the day comes when your beloved child has grown and moved away or your pet is gone to the rainbow bridge and you say "I wish I had" 

You can never get back the "I wish I had's " or the "why didn't I take the time" 

The time is today. The time is now. 

until later 
hugs
Misker