Thinking Out Loud Thursday - June 1, 2017

Welcome to Thinking Out Loud Thursday!  Hope you link up below and share what you are thinking out loud about today.

When I typed the date in the post title today, I kind of did a double take.  How did June get here so quickly?!?  I'm so glad summer is upon us, but what happened to spring?  Time is just going by way too fast these days!

Today I'm thinking out loud about last weekend.  Eric, Kayla and I traveled to Kansas City for the annual washers tournament and, more importantly, a graduation.  Kelsey is the youngest daughter of my friend Linda and she graduated with honors on Sunday.  Talk about time going by quickly -- how she is old enough to be graduating from high school is beyond me!!

I was lucky enough to be able to help with the decorations for the graduation party.  It always amazes me how a little paper can be transformed into some awesome decorations.  Here's a picture overload of a few of the items used to set the festive mood ~

All the die cutting was made possible by my favorite toy, the Silhouette Cameo.  If you are into crafting and don't have one, you should definitely add it to your wish list!

At various times throughout the weekend, the gathering of family and friends shared stories of Kelsey as she was growing up.  Kelsey was a rather rambunctious child so there were plenty of crazy stories that kept everyone laughing.  The story I shared was one from a visit Linda and her daughters made to my house when Kelsey was around 3 or 4.  Kelsey was sitting at our kitchen table having a pudding snack when she decided she didn't want anymore and banged the container down with quite a bit of strength.  The pudding flew in the air, hitting the ceiling fan and proceeded to literally whip all over the ceiling.  We were stunned!  Good thing I love you Kelsey!

When the party was over and we all piled in the car to head back to Linda's house, we started giving Kelsey bits of advise.  Linda said something so profound I'm still thinking about it and feel it is definitely blog-worthy.  Her advise to Kelsey was to be present.  Show up for your life.  I couldn't agree with her more!

How many of us make the choice to not do things because it takes a bit of effort?  Or the drive is a bit too long?  Or (fill in the blank)?  There are always reasons NOT to do things.  But there are also thousands of reasons TO do those same things.  Trust me, more times than not the little bit of effort you put forth will be so worth it!  The memories you make by "showing up" are worth it.  Those are the things that make life fun and interesting.  Time does go by fast and we all need to pack as much living into our days as possible.

What advise would you give a high school graduate?  What advise do you wish you would have paid more attention to when you were graduating?

Now it's your turn -- what you are thinking out loud about today?  Can't wait to read your posts!

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