Although it was long past her bedtime, Sophie couldn't sleep. She climbed out of bed, quietly crept to the living room, and saw her tired mom sitting with a huge smile and reading a book, with a basket of unfolded laundry at her feet.
Hearing Sophie enter, her mom looked up and said, “A book by Erma Bombeck,” already knowing what Sophie was about to ask because moms just know. She patted the couch next to her, smiled when Sophie plopped down next to her, and started reading aloud:
“If I had my life to live over, I would spend more time listening and less talking. I would spend more time on loved ones and less on work. Spend more time living in my living space and less cleaning it. Spend more time learning from the older people in my life and less trying to convince them I already know it all."
She reached over and patted Sophie’s shiny curls.
“I would spend more time with the windows rolled down and less worrying about mussing my hair. I would spend more time having fun and less being practical.
Spend more time finding joy in each moment, spend more time on love and forgiveness, and less on anger and insults. Most of all, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute ... look at it and really see it ... live it ... and never give it back.”
Glancing over, she saw Sophie’s eyes closing. Instead of putting her back to bed, she pulled her daughter close and breathed in the moment. The laundry could wait.
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