#FiveMinuteFriday – When

If you’re new to the Five Minute Friday phenomenon (this is my second time participating), here’s how it works:

Every Thursday a one-word prompt will be announced on the Five Minute Fridays blog at 10pm EST (and the blogging continues through Friday).  Before the prompt is revealed many in the Five Minute Friday community like to connect on Thursday evenings on Twitter using the #fmfparty hashtag.  I have yet to attend a Thursday Twitter gathering, but look forward to chatting with the ladies in the future.

Everyone who participates in Five Minute Friday will write for five minutes on the topic of the week, post it on their own blog and link up that post on the Five Minute Fridays blog.

If you want to get in on the fun but don’t have a blog, you’re welcome to post your five minutes of writing in the comments here each week, the comments section of the FMF blog, or on the Five Minute Friday Facebook page.

This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking (my inner editor is cringing), no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation.

Today’s 5 minute Friday prompt is WHEN

When I think about the word when I think about moments gone by and yet to come.  I think about phrases like “I remember when…” and “When I grow up…”.  It’s nice to visit “when” but it isn’t the most productive place to reside.  Don’t get me wrong, I can get some good inspiration from the future I would like to create and I learn great lessons from the past I’ve already lived.  It’s just that I tend lose track of the here and now when I visit when.

Now is where my feet need to be grounded.

Now is where I get to enjoy time with my boys.  It’s where the laughter is.  Where the twins follow my husband, myself, and our oldest like they’re puppies.  Now is when I get to watch our oldest interact with his baby brothers as though they’re the most important people in the world.  He already likes to talk about when he grows up.  I don’t even want to think about when the twins will start doing the same.

No, I’ll stay here in the now and enjoy every minute of it, thank you.  I’ll wait on when another day.

Author: Faith Fit Mommy Stuff

Reina Floyd, founder of Faith Fitness and Mommy Stuff, is getting real about what it takes to juggle a marriage, 4-year-old twins, a precocious 11-year-old son, and full-time work with her passionate determination to walk in freedom as she tries to live a healthy and whole life. When Reina "grows up" she wants to work in full-time ministry with young women ages eleven to twenty-one. She currently teaches high school math and faith-based group fitness classes in Columbia, SC where she lives with her husband, David, and their three sons. View all posts by Faith Fit Mommy Stuff