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By Dezarea QuarlesPublished 4 years ago 3 min read

Isnt it funny how life happens so fast? One minute your a kid wishing to be an adult, then next thing you know your an adult wishing you were a kid again. You have kids and in a blink of an eye they are getting older and it seems to go by so fast. You remember all the things you did with your friends, feels like yesterday. Memories come flooding back as if they just happened. Amazing isn’t it? To remember all that stuff and to see where you are now? Take life slow, do things you love, have fun, don’t be scared of risk. Live life to the fullest. Do not have any regrets. You cant change the past but you can change the future. I’ve learned that if you dwell on the past you aren’t going to ever see past it. Things happened for a reason. You can’t change it, it’s hard to see that sometimes. I sit and wish I did things differently all the time. Then you loose people so fast.. and you realize that you don’t know when your last day with someone is.. when the last time you talk to someone, you don’t know if that’s your last time talking to them or not. You don’t know if you’ll see them again.. and that my friend, is scary. So enjoy the little moments, enjoy the laughs, the fights, the love. Don’t take life for granted. It can all be taken within seconds. I tend to overthink everything. It’s hard to enjoy life when your worried about every little thing. If you don’t enjoy it though you’re going to miss it. Then you’re going to regret it. Get that tattoo, get that peircing. Dye your hair that color, move away, quit your job if that’s not what you want to do.. spend more time with your family and friends, because when they aren’t there anymore you’re going to wish you spent more time with the people you love and care about. Sit back and remember the good times. The fun you had with whoever you hung out with. Funny stories you were told, tell them to your kids, even if it’s embarrassing. Don’t get so mad at your kids.. you’re there to teach them not scold them for messing up. They are humans, I’m sure you made mistakes too. You’re suppose to be their safe place, comfort zone, make them feel safe. Make it known they can trust you with whatever it is they have to tell you, because if not then they will be worried and they won’t come to you when they need you. So many people lose the people they love and regret not being there more, or taking it for granted. You don’t wanna be sitting in bed or at a table or at a grave and wish you were around more then you were. You never know when your last day with someone is. So don’t take it for granted. Go to lunch, go see a movie, go out. Do things with the people you love even if it’s just sitting at a dinner table having conversations. Those are the best times. Hug your significant other, appreciate the time you have with them. Even if it’s simple as playing a game, watching a show, laughing at “stupid” things. Don’t take the time you have with them fighting, or seeing the wrong they do. Be there for them, protect them, show them your there no matter what. They need that. Your girlfriend/boyfriend being a little clingy? Think to yourself “what if I didn’t have her/him here” love life the way it is.

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