We’re in full swing (no pun intended) now of the 2009 baseball & softball season for the triplets! The boy’s team won their first game last night, 3-2! And Meghan’s softball team won their first game tonight, 6-4! Meghan was up to bat twice and got 2 hits and 2 runs! Go Meghan. Tomorrow they all have games, so we’ll be off and running in many directions, but having fun cheering them all on. Frankie, our four year old, really wants to play next year, so I guess we’ll have to figure out a way to clone ourselves! Ah well, it’s fun and they enjoy playing. That’s what it’s all about.

The past 10-30 years, we, as a country, have lived high off the hog and well beyond our means, or what has sustained us as a civilization for hundreds of years. But, maybe, just maybe, some good things can come out of this economic mess. I hope that as a people, as a country, we get back to what is truly important. Instead of the spend like crazy, have more and more stuff, run around like chickens with our heads cut off, I hope we get back to family, community, taking care of and supporting one another in times of need, sustaining our households with food grown with our own hands, spending time with those we love, battening down the hatches and slowing down a little. It is time to reconnect once again reality. We’ve gotten so far away from all that is important, all that is natural and real.

For this reason, if we relearn the real meaning of life, family, community again, this economic crisis will not have been for naught. Instead of looking at the scary, negative side of what is going on right now, let’s try to take a look at the bright side and what we CAN achieve.

This is it. No do overs. At least, not that we’re certain of; not that we remember. This is the one and only chance at this life. The days tick by quickly, in a flash. We must make them the best they can be. Each day a precious, once in a lifetime gift. How we will wrap it? What do we want to remember about today? Fret, worry, discontent? Or beautiful, festive, brightly colored ribbons like joy, laughter, appreciation and love? It’s our choice. Just for this day, for this moment, in this life; we get to choose how we live it. What an amazing gift we have been given!

How are you going to spend today?