IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER
- by Erma Bombeck


I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the Earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.

I would have talked less and listened more.

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.

I would have eaten the popcorn in the "good" living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.

I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.

I would have sat on the lawn with my grass stains.

I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life.

When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, "Later. Now go get washed up for dinner." There would have been more "I love you's." More "I'm sorry's."

But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute...look at it and really see it .. live it and never give it back. Stop sweating the small stuff.

Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what.

Instead, let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us.

[dottie]

Hi!

Irma was really one of a kind. Thanks for putting that up.

TGC

[BlueFaith]

(((((time0)))))
thanks

[NICO]

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thankyou for remindin me of what i have, its so easy for me to get wrapped up in what i want

[lostangel]

If I had my life live over.

I would do the things I did right. I would never tell my sons father he has a child. I would have gone to college and done what I want to do instead of waiting 10 years to go. I would speak up more when I was younger.

There is so much I would do right if I could.