Impromptu game night after dinner just because. 🏆 We played some “Bones” AKA Dominos, then some Poker. My husband Will, as usual, won both games (of-stinking-course 😝). Lots of laughs and memories were made tonight because we made the choice to do so. I’m a big stickler I’m eating dinner together. It doesn’t happen every single night, but it’s most often. Everyone has full lives and it’s the time we get to learn more about each other, laugh with each other, and be silly because we can. We had actually finished dinner and the boys had gone upstairs when I had them come right back downstairs for some quality time as a family.
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As I was getting ready to post a Poker picture on social media of how I was “up,” at least for a while before I let Will win 😜, when I saw that Luke had taken pictures with my phone of his older brother Tyler. It’s quite obvious in the, “what are you doing face,” picture below. 😂 Brothers seem to have a love-hate relationship growing up, especially close in age brothers as these two are at two years and four months apart. They are always surprised how the other one says nice things when the other isn’t around. I’m not. I tell them I’m not surprised too. It’s helps to reset them, and know they still have each other’s back. These two are “peanut butter & jelly,” they may just not realize it yet as teenagers. They were inseparable as Littles. Now teenage years, teenage hormones, school life, friends, and female-interests have a way of taking up time. Every good parent loves their kids for who they are, in my opinion, and strive to guide them to the best versions of themselves. Yes this is all mushy but - I’m glad I get to. So now I share one too of Luke holding the oldest baby budgie (parakeet) “Billy/ie.” Luke is my gentle giant and Tyler my tender heart. My heart is FULL with these two boys!! They are just our Rockstars!
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THEN - it hit me. That I know of at least, these two sets of Dominos have past through 💥FIVE💥generations of family and friends playing with them! These were my great-grandparents’ sets that I inherited. I love playing games, and my family loves playing games now. I grew up with the luxury of having living great-grandparents until I was twenty-one years old. That seemed unique compared to others in school telling me they didn’t have that. I still remember thinking that was so special. So - we play with the ones in the red vinyl case. The one in the cardboard box, with black dominos, •have• to have been used the most by the looks of them. I don’t even like playing with those because it’s like they are more “special” to hold on to being tattered.
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My Point? Make memories while you can. Love your people. Love those who love you for no reason other than you can, not what they can do for you. Make the time for those you want in your life. Strive to not take those you love for granted, because we all do that. Life can make you feel tattered sometimes, so let your people heal you.
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