Living Life to the Fullest (or not)

I just watched a brief video posted by my on-line friend Holly. It really spoke to me, and after a bit I realized that the other thing that has spoken to my heart lately is a song that has a very similar theme.

The video is called "Today". You can see an excerpt from it here: http://www.nooma.com/Shopping/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=324

The song is "How you Live (Turn up the Music)" by Point of Grace. You can hear the whole thing here: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=68848423

The fact that the video and song really hit home confirms what I've been thinking about how I live my life... it needs some work!

A Baby Story

Today I happened upon the last ten minutes or so of "A Baby Story" on TLC. I came in during the part where they're yelling "push, push" and the girl is screaming as the baby tries to push its way into the world. Very intense - I really felt like I was there!

The baby arrived, dark haired and perfect (looking very much like MY first baby). The mom cried. The dad cried. Both grandmothers cried. I cried.

I started out crying because it was all so wonderful and happy. After a minute or so, when everyone else's eyes had dried, I found that I was still crying. I had been unexpectedly overcome with such an intense longing to be back at the point in my life when I was a new mom and all the years of having my children little and at home were still ahead of me.

Wouldn't it be fun if we could occasionally travel back in time for a few days? If we could, I'd be visiting the 70's right now. How about you? What experiences would you like to re-live?