My Ideal Day

For the scrapbooking contest that I previously blogged about, there was a scrapbooking component to the entry, as well as an essay component.

The topic was "My Ideal Day" and it could be past, present or future and real or fictional. This is what I came up with:

My Ideal Day

When I began to think about my ideal day, I realized that it really wouldn’t be that different than my real life. Of course, there are some things I would like to “tweak” a bit, but overall the things that are the most important to me are the things that I surround myself with every day.

I would love to start my day by waking up early, but well rested. I enjoy getting an early start to the day, feeling like it is stretching out before me…full of endless possibilities. My two children would sleep in that extra twenty minutes, allowing me time for a nice, hot shower before they wake up. They would patiently wait for breakfast, and maybe even allow me to make myself a cup of coffee first!

My husband would be home on this day. Giving me the luxury of a second pair of adult hands at the ready. We would spend the morning outdoors in sunny, spring like, and bug free weather. Our morning would be an adventure…perhaps a hike in an exotic locale. I would love to see the pyramids of Egypt, or the Great Wall of China. The Temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia holds an allure, as does St Petersburg, Russia. I love to travel, and the more I see the more I realize how much the world has to offer…how much there still is to learn.

Lunch would be some of my favorite cuisine…perhaps Greek, perhaps Chinese, or maybe some sushi. On this special day, my children would eat the same food as their father and I! They would sit quietly at the table and eat a good meal without fighting with one another or making a mess.

The afternoon would be spent peacefully reading or scrapbooking. I would spend some time on the computer updating my blog and reading the blogs of friends who are now spread far and wide. The children would nap or have quiet playtime in their rooms.

Dinner would be a special event. Our guests would be friends and loved ones who have passed on before us, but who for this special day are able to come back for a visit. We would spend our time catching up and reminiscing. We would spend our time “connecting” with one another. We would just enjoy each others presence.

My evening would be spent with my close girlfriends…those friends whom I have had to leave behind through our moves. They are the friends who now live all over the world. They live in Geneva, Calgary, Toronto, Cincinnati, Rochester and California. We would all meet up together and spend the evening chatting and giggling and having fun. We would do what we so often as mothers don’t get to spend time doing anymore….just being frivolous.

Upon returning home, I would spend time talking, uninterrupted, with my husband, Kevin. We would chat about the day…discuss current events and the children…just take a few quiet moments to regroup and put closure to our day.

Throughout this day, I would feel a sense of peace and contentment. I would never be rushed or stressed. I would be completely happy to be living my life at any given moment. I would enjoy every second that I spent with my children…enjoying them with the intense fondness that sometimes skirts around the periphery of a regular day. I would savor the moments, realizing in my conscious mind that all too soon they will be gone…just things of the past.