Twitter Mom twitters on life

I have recently joined Twitter and frequently give updates on my life. Short, brief 140 character glimpses at the similarities of it all, our lives. We are so much more alike than different. See, that's what happens when spring break starts and your children are still in school, you have too much time on your hands. Our school breaks was 3 weeks apart. So, can you really consider that a break, to have to do your regular routine, but just not work. Nevertheless, I am so fortunate to have a job I love, that works for my schedule and truly awesome kids who rarely complain so what's the big fuss. To make-up for some of these challenges w/ our schedule and being 100s of miles from most of our extended family, I will soon throw my first dinner party that my soon-to-be 16 y.o. can use to invite friends over too. Can you even remember what it felt like to turn 16? Time really does fly by, I guess that's why I was given a miracle baby 2 years ago--the Father must have thought I could do this all over again. He definitely had a great sense of humor that I am just now starting to appreciate. Anyway, I digress. After the dinner party, food, friends, fellowship and a nice ambiance of song and spirits, we then have a niece's college graduation in Georgia, a day trip next month to visit Granny's twin and her family in Tampa, and our own mini-family reunion/BBQ for all of them on July 4th. I know it's not that big of a deal to many, but for me it is. I try really hard to pack family into our daily lives and how we also plan our vacations. I know I am fortunate to live like I live and be able to do what I do when others lack the means. It's such a small price for my children to know my mother's family or the 100s of extended family members from south Florida to California, New York and overseas. For me, when all is said and done, I want to be like Warren Buffet and count my wealth by the number of people who cherish and remember me well. True wealth is not in things but in the legacy of a life well spent. I hope that my children have a passion for family and the priceless gift it brings to the quality of their lives. Because I find it a privilege to know the names of them all, to know something about their lives and the common threads that bind us together by blood and faith. Which reminds me, the first play I did in high school sums it up best for me, "You can't take it with you."