Happy Sacred Sunday!
As we get ready for the Thanksgiving holiday, I’ve been thinking a lot about the value of time.
Last year, my husband’s cousins bought a house in Orlando and invited the entire family to spend Thanksgiving there. Although it was a huge house, there were more family members than rooms, so Orlando and I rented a house nearby for our parents, grandparents, and us.
That weekend was filled with nothing but time.
Time to cook and clean up afterward.
Time to sit and chat with nothing else to do.
Time for Orlando, Orlando’s grandparents, and Justin to spend a whole day watching a TV series in the movie room of our Airbnb. (Justin sat through the entire series in Spanish just to share that experience with his great grandparents.)
Time for me and my other two boys to take my mother, stepdad and mother-in-law to visit Epcot and eat at the Space 220 restaurant.
At the end of last year’s trip, my oldest son commented, “I never knew Papi was so funny.” Papi is his great-grandpa.
Being all together in one house for a few days created the opportunity for TIME to work its magic.
TIME AND LOVE
Growing up, I always heard my mother say, “El roce hace el amor.” Loosely, this translates to “friction/touch creates love.”
What it really means is when you spend time with people, you create the opportunity for love to blossom.
We often think we need to force magical moments, but time can spark magic all on its own.
Like when my dad was sick and I spent so much time with him in doctor’s offices and hospitals.
Even though the locations and the circumstances were less than desirable, that time together offered us moments of laughter, deep conversations, and precious memories that I have held onto long after my father passed.
NOURISH YOUR RELATIONSHIPS
Since our November this is NOURISH, I want to offer you the thought that the most important way to nourish your relationships is to give them plain, ole’ TIME.
This holiday season, rather than getting overwhelmed by the to-do’s, the prep work and clean up, and all the other common stresses — use this season as a container to spend time with the people you love.
Wishing you a Thanksgiving holiday filled with soul-full time and sparks of bliss.
