Where Did I Lose My Time? Where did I lose my time? Where, oh where did it go? Last time I looked it was there....and I had plenty of it. That was about the time I had 4 kids at home and a full time job. But there was PLENTY of time.....Im sure of it. I could get all 4 kids to different places for their days, get myself to work, and have plenty of time to spare. I cant stand to be late, so I was usually early, too. Except once, which we wont talk about. Got all 4 kids to Sunday School and Church, too. And had plenty of extra time...... You know, I remember when a friend and I would go to Jackson shopping with plans to spend the whole day. And that day had plenty of hours in it for us to hit every store we wanted to go to. And we still could get home before dark. The time waltzed along with us then.....slowly and surely. Somewhere between there and now, the waltz turned into a march.....then disco.....now its like a jet, streaking along so fast it takes my breath. I think time started hiding from me when I was trying to get my morning shower, visit Mother in the Nursing home, take my morning walk, and still make it to open the store by 9:00. Somehow, it was getting harder to do.....Im sure that dratted time was running too fast, instead of walking like it always had before. Why do I feel like Im stuck in a revolving door, and its going faster and faster and I cant get out? Every time I look up, another week has gone by. And then another month. Now, here it is almost time for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and I didnt find enough time to enjoy the spring, summer, and fall! And it could NOT have been a whole year since LAST Thanksgiving and Christmas.....could it? That dratted time..... And when I have a day at home, and the weather keeps me indoors all day, even THAT doesnt seem to be a long day like it used to. Did I go to sleep and God speeded up the rest of the world, and He forgot me asleep in the bedroom? Sure seems like it. Ive spent my whole life waiting until I had time.....to do whatever it was I wanted to do......and here I am in my twilight years, and have less time to do it in than I did when I was young! Something is backwards, here.....And I keep running faster and faster to do all those things I want to do, because I can see I am running out of.....TIME!!! That dratted time!! I can look back and see that it took years and years to get to the point Im at right now.....but it doesnt SEEM like years. It seems like minutes. I can remember during the tough times, Mother would tell me Just be patient......this, too, will pass.......nothing comes to stay. And once again, Mother was right. Everything DID pass, even though at the time it seemed every minute was 2 days long. Now 2 days seems like a minute. When I was having labor pains with the delivery of 4 kids, that seemed like every minute was an hour, then......and looking back on it, the time seems to have disappeared. Where did I lose all that time? My days are all blurrs......I sit down at the computer at night to catch a bit of news on Facebook......and before I know it, it has been several hours, and its TIME to go to bed.....again....... I would sure like to know how I have spent all that time that Ive been given in my life. God has been generous with my time, even though there were many times I didnt deserve it. And now I find myself wanting to ask for a do over, so I can grab hold of some of that time and slow it down. Its true.....you DO get smarter when you get older. I want to be young and dumb again.....just for a little time....... Again, I need some help finding my lost time. I just know its around here somewhere......anybody seen it? I cant even describe what it looks like, cause Ive never SEEN it.......but I would know it anywhere. If you find my lost time, would you let me know? Or if you dont find it, and have some extra of your own, would you let me borrow it? Oh.....maybe not......I sure dont want to live on borrowed time......
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:21:48 +0000