If you could choose a superpower what would it be?

My go to response is always “flying”. The ability to take off at any second would be such a thrill!
 
Then after some debate and consideration, flying became a less practical super power.
 
Sure, I could get places quickly. 
 
But what if it's raining? What if it's cold? How do I get all of my groceries back home? Can I take people with me? 
 
I guess the change in perspective came with age, experience, and responsibility.  As a kid, it was all about the having the most fun. 
 
Now it's about accomplishing the most, as quickly as possible, and getting home in time for school pick up. 
 
So I've changed my answer. I would like to be able to control time. Slow it down. Rewind. 
 
Imagine if you could just go back and relive certain moments over and over? Try things differently, or keep them the exact same, but just live it again? 
 
Wouldn't that be such an incredible super power? 
 
Also, have you watched the movie “About Time"? Tear Jerker, and exactly this premise.
 
My oldest son, Cameron, is about to turn 12. Cue sobbing. It's the reason I've been thinking more and more about time. (Not the movie, actual time.)

 

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I always tell my husband that I can’t believe we are here already. It feels like yesterday that we brought him home! But the reality is that it’s hard to remember my life without him.
 
We were fairly young when we had him (24 & 26) and had only been married for a couple of years when he was born, so in a way, it feels like he’s sort of grown up with us.
 
We’re constantly learning how to be better parents and he is like our little guinea pig (if guinea pigs were 5 feet tall with blue eyes, freckles, and a flow that could have its own instagram account).
 
Back to super powers. 
 
Unfortunately, I can’t slow down time.
 
But I do get to choose how my time is spent.
 
I can spend my time pining for the days when my 12 year old was little enough to sit in my lap. See below. 
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Or I can recognize and accept how quickly it goes and do something now to make the most of the time I do get. 

Today he’s here. He still needs me (a little less than I’d like to admit, but someone has to drive him to hockey) and I can still make the best of the time.
It’s not always easy, but even if I can do one small thing a day for each of my kids that improves our relationship, hopefully when they inevitably do fly the coop, they’ll want to come back and visit every now and again.
 
You can't add time to your life, but you can add life to your time.
 
- Alex 
P.S. let me know. . . what super power you would choose?

 

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