My Mom and I have always been close. We live about 3 miles apart and talk at least once a day on the phone. We really have a great time together and always seem to be laughing.
Since I’ve been not working, we’ve spent most Wednesday mornings together. We usually go to breakfast, go for a walk in my local park (weather permitting) and maybe do a little shopping at Walmart or Costco. She is 76-years-old and is in great health, knock wood, but . . . well . . . you know. So spending this extra time with her that I could not spend with her if I were working is a real gift. Someday, hopefully a long, long, long time from now, I will look back on this time and be so grateful and have so many great memories.
So is not having a job all bad? No, not at all. I need a job to make money so that my husband and I can pay our bills and maybe have a little fun too. But having this time off to spend with my Mom, like the commercial says, is priceless.
