Family

I feel like there is always this pressure to "go out" and "be with friends" instead of just relaxing at home.  Teenagers, college kids, even young adults these days always seem to treat home as a boring place, or somewhere you don't want to be for an extended period of time.

You know what I hate?  One day, I am going to wake up and realize that I spent too much time away from home.  That my days of my entire family...Mom, Dad, big sis, me and little bro...all actually living together under one roof?  They'll be gone.  I mean they already kind of are in some ways, as I'm off at college for most of the year and Laura is in the process of trying to find a job so she can move out.

Now, all of this isn't to say that home is going to stop being home, or that family isn't going to be family.  But those little moments...watching tv together, fighting over the last Christmas cookies, wrestling for the best couch space, being able to kiss Mom and Dad goodnight as their 10:30 bed time rolls around...they're going to become fewer and farther in between as time progresses.

Moments with friends?  Incredibly important, much loved, impossible to replace; but, there'll always be room to create more.

Moments with family?  Incredibly important, much loved, impossible to replace; but, even though we don't really recognize it, a great deal harder to hold on to.