The LAST time.....

Perhaps for the first time in my life, the last couple of years has had me pondering the power found in the LAST time.....we never know when something we love to do has met its completion.....the last time finding its way into our story.....the last time we have dinner with our grandparents.....the last time we hold our baby......the last time we speak to somebody we once loved.....the last time we hug somebody......the last time we celebrate something a certain way.....the last time we view the world a certain way......I could go on and on, but you get the idea:) And gosh that is profound, right??? Not knowing when that last time will come circling round, or when it will......which I suppose speaks so deeply to the importance of presence......the real deep kind.....the one that roots us in the experience of living our lives.....I have learned to do that.....and it has changed my experience....wherever I am, I do my best to be RIGHT there.....present with those that are there....or present in the experience....and I sometimes fall short...and it is one of my New Year's intentions....to increase my presence in life.....disconnecting from tech more, and its distraction, and being really present in the day to day....I am good at doing it when the kids and I adventure, or hike, and in a lot of our lives here in our home....but there is always room for improvement, and I seek to do just that:)....and part of it, is setting a boundary around when I work....and when I allow access to me.....I am starting to craft my New Year intention list.....and that is one of the things I wish to be more intentional about.....deep presence everywhere.....and I have found it is hard to be present sometimes because the people around us are not always present either.....heads down in their phones often.....and I seek to be around the people that look up! As often as I am able....and be a person that does that even more too! :)Because the last time looms around us all....in so many ways....and we never know when a moment will be forever etched in a memory...and being mindful of that possibility is so important.....I am keeping my intention list not super long but super pointed....and deliberate for 2026.....I have some things I would like to accomplish, both personally and professionally.....and I plan on building the bridge that will take me to the places I wish to go.....once you give your intention a voice, it tends to find its wings......so that is the plan! Lots of ideas percolating as I type this....and spending some time allowing them to settle....Presence, presence, presence, and more presence......living in the moments that make life magic! That is always the plan! Happy Sunday:)