LESSON LEARNED

When I was working full time, the girls would ask me "Mom, come eat lunch with me."  Since my days as an adjuster were busy start to finish, I didn't go as much as I should have.  Shame on me...my job was a block away from their schools. 
Now I'm a SAHM (stay at home mom).  Since I have more time (kind of), the girls still ask me to have lunch with them.  Instead of using "time" as the excuse it is now "distance".  We moved 30 minutes away so even though I have more time I hate the drive.  I have to pack up Turner, his diaper bag, stroller, snacks, drinks, pretty much the whole house.  Not to mention, their lunch time is during his nap time.  So I found myself saying "Maybe next week."  Well here we are 3 months into the school year and I still haven't had lunch with my girls.
When I hurt my back a month ago, I remember talking to my mom on the phone about how I was feeling.  I couldn't even walk.  I felt so useless.  She immediately said "I'm on my way."  She didn't hesitate to drive 265 miles just to come help me and be with me. 
Julie, my best friend, recently got sick with the Swine flu.  She sounded so horrible when I called to see how she was feeling.  My two youngest had already had the Swine flu so I knew exactly what she was going through.  I offered to come help her do anything she needed but she said "Thanks, but mom is coming to be with me."  Julie's mom lives 2 1/2 hours away and just like my mom, she didn't think twice about coming to be with her daughter. 
After I thought about it for a while, I realized how can I use a 30 minute drive as an excuse not to have lunch with my girls when I see these two wonderful women drop everything, drive for hours just to come be with their daughters. 
I'm so glad I paid enough attention to the lesson these two women taught to learn that I don't get this time back with my girls.  This IS what a SAHM does, they do all the things that working mom's wished they had the time to do. 

Gotta go, I'm off to have lunch :)