So, I’m sitting in the living room and one of my “twins”, Naomi, came up to me and said, “Mom, I have a question.” I looked up at her with raised eyebrows. “Do you and Dad have a will made up in case you die?” The room that was just bustling with laughter grew immediately silent. My eyes blinked at her as she continued, “Because I want to get your art supplies!” Then she goes on to say that she really doesn’t want the house because it’s too big and not “her”. Plus she already knows what kind of house she wants when she grows up and it’s a big log cabin and she already has the inside planned out  and decorated. Then that turned into a discussion between her and the other ”twin”, Koti. (They are in no way twins; however, they are very close in age) The older “twin”, Koti, says, “Hey, we could run a business out of the house!” Naomi says, “Yea!” During the next few minutes I listened as they went back and forth with business ideas to turn the house into. I heard what mom & dad’s room was going to be since we weren’t using it anymore. I listened as they were going to turn it into a diner and a motel. And I just listened as they explained where they were going to set up the tables for people to eat at, or the rooms that would be decorated for people to stay in. Naomi even had the grand idea that the roof should be ripped off and another floor added on! Then as Naomi is leaving the living room she yells out, “Oh yea, and I call dibs on the food in the house!” That lead to another discussion of age and “rank” on who should get what and even got the newly turned 16-year old to chime in.

I sit here chuckling as I write this, because my kids are just great! To some it may seem like my kids either can’t wait for mom and dad to kick the bucket, or that they just don’t really love us, they just love the stuff that we will ultimately leave behind. But, as Christians, our family knows what happens to us when we die. We know where we are going and that we can’t take any of our “stuff” with us. Jesus said, “Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity.”

Live, laugh, and love; life’s too short.