Grandmotherly Advice

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Hello!
How was your Christmas and New Year?
Mine was lovely - it was all about family.

Firstly, I became an aunt when my sister had her first baby. She's adorable.

I spent lots of lovely time with my mum, and saw my Nanna this weekend when she came up from Coffs Harbour to see Mary Poppins (which was awesome by the way).

I don't get to see my Nanna enough. She's a really cool chick. 92 years young and still sharp as a tack, with a wicked sense of humour and always lots of lovely cuddles and advice for her grandkids.

Her memory is astounding and this latest visit I finally got around to recording some of her stories, mainly about how she and her husband met and fell in love. He's been dead for more than 30 years. She misses him terribly and still reads the letters he wrote her when they were courting.

I asked her what she has enjoyed most during her life, what gave her the most joy, what was the most important thing to cherish, and her answer was 'family'.

My resolution this year is to make more time for family, for friends, for the little lovely things in life.

Nobody ever lay on their deathbed and wished they'd gone to work more often. Regrets lie in wishing you'd spent more time playing, singing, swimming at the beach, planting herbs, holding hands, watching the sunset instead of sitting at your desk trying to earn more money to buy the bigger car, house, etc...

My 2012 is going to be full of creating abundance where it matters, and simplifying where it doesn't. And I think it might just be a bit of delightful journey doing so.