Time Flies

Today I want to share with you my favorite clock. Now, this is saying a lot, because I have a lot of clocks. I don't know why I am fascinated with clocks, but I found out something strange a couple of months ago. All of my mother's children -- Kim, Susan, Carey, Alicia and me -- are fascinated with clocks and have filled our houses with them. None of us knows why....isn't that odd?

I got this clock when it was on sale for half-price at Hobby Lobby. It stands on guard between the living area and the kitchen and draws a lot of attention to itself. It has a clock face on each side, so I can see it from either room.

Maybe our fascination is not so much with clocks as with time. I never think I have enough. It passes too quickly. I long for slow days like we had when we were kids, though I don't want to be a kid again. Remember when summer was a long, long stretch of time? I remind myself that even the President of the United States has the same number of hours in a day as I do. I'm not doing something right. It's time for a change.

Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. Theophrastus (372 BC - 287 BC)

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)