It's love

I can't help wondering sometimes, Am I doing this right? Not anything in specific, I'm talking life in general. Am I where I'm supposed to be? Life keeps changing; all the time, everyday. It's a fluid strand of dynamic motions with no definite end in sight. It's hard to tell where to go, or when to turn, or how far down the road our lives could completely change. We kind of just have to go with it.. Hope for the best. And pray we're heading to where we're suppose to be.
Lately, my mom and dad have taken to watching old home videos before bed every night. Last night my family was all together for the first time since Christmas. My dad popped in a video labeled, 1993. My toddler older siblings ran and screamed across the backyard with a hose and water guns while I sat in my walker and watched. Needless to say, a lot has changed since then. We've created our own lives.. filled them with our own characters and experiences and lessons. The choices are ours. Back then , we had no idea of all the opportunities we had been blessed with. We lived without care or worry. We had our entire lives to live however we wished.
When's the next time we will all watch those videos again? Five years? Ten years? Maybe we'll be raising children of our own. It's crazy to think about it. How did those tiny little toddlers turn into adults? Life keeps changing; everyday changing. But those videos also taught me that somethings in life that are immune to the wrath of time. Like the way my mom has a way of making everything okay. Back then it was a kiss on the "boo boo". Nowadays it's a three hour phone call from a hundred fifty miles away that makes everything better. No, my sister doesn't help me up the sliding board anymore, but I know she's there for me at any minute of the day. And my dad, he'll always be there watching, back yard tee ball or college track, it's all the same to him.
It's love that survives these changing days. When stages end and begin, people leave and enter, it's love that's always there. No matter what. It's love that reassures us that everything will be okay, that we ARE heading in the right direction, and that sitting around the dinner table enjoying one another is right where we're supposed to be . <3