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Time Travel
My sister, Ashely, sent my cousin and I a template she found online that said something like, December Conversation Starters. I began doing this with my family and when I got to the question about time-travel, it hooked me.
Lately, I've been invested in reading historical time-travel fiction, and watching the TV show on Amazon Prime, Timeless. So when this question came up, I was already in the zone.
There are a number of places and reasons on my list, but I'll share three with you here. Maybe in the comments, you can share a couple of your own. I'd love to hear from you!
My Three Places
The first place I would travel is back to when I was pregnant with my first child. My journey into motherhood was wrecked with anxiety, depression, worry, and fear. I didn't enjoy being a new mother because of all of that. I also didn't have anyone to help me navigate the emotions I felt during that time. So, I would travel back and have a chat with my pre-mom self and over a cup of tea, tell her that the road is going to be bumpy. It's going to test my strength, my commitment, and my self-worth. I would tell myself to breathe, to let go of the things that don't matter, and that more than anything, everything will be okay. I think having someone sit me down, point blank, and tell me those things...would have allowed me to enjoy being a mama more. My kids would have grown up with someone who was happier, and stronger, rather than the weak and emotional mess they had to endure. That said, I didn't do too bad. My kids love me, trust me, and make my life whole.
The second place I would travel back to would be the moment that I was left alone with my mother when she was on her death bed. Everyone had cleared the room to give me that time as my mother slept in her comatose state, and I froze. I would go back and tell her I love her. I would tell her that her grand babies would always know who she was, how strong, amazing, and wonderful she was despite the hardships of life. I would hug her more, and tell her that she's my hero. I would tell her that future me wrote a book called, Chasing Time, inspired by her situation and that I just loved her and that she was a great mother. We had a tough relationship, as I wasn't raised by her, and up until that final year, we'd been at odds. I would tell her that I wish we had more time to make up for those lost moments. If there is one regret I have in my life, it was wasting time being mad over something that if I had stopped and listened, things would have been so much different.
The third place I'd travel back to isn't so depressing. I'd love to time travel to Tudor England, and have five minutes at the Tudor court as someone not highly noticed, but important enough to be a lady in waiting...maybe to Queen Jane, as she was the only one who wasn't threatened to lose her head by King Henry VIII. I would love to be one of her ladies at her court when she was with child and most of the court was happy. I know it sounds weird, but I'd love to live for just five minutes to see what it was like back then. We are given far too many luxuries in this life now, to have to live in that era, has to be something of wonder.
Final Thoughts
Time travel would be super fun, but I can see the downsides, especially if certain people with money in today's times got ahold of it. It's fun to think about though, yeah?
Thanks again for joining me here. Can't wait to share more posts like this one with you.
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