“Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.” Mother Teresa.

For me, May is a bittersweet month. While I have much to celebrate—two wonderful adult children and one terrific grandson—I long for the years when I would call my own mother to wish her a Happy Mother’s Day.
It’s been nearly four years since she died, and while I have come to terms with the loss, I have not forgotten the lesson losing someone dear taught me: don’t miss a minute.
It’s why I call my Dad almost every day—because I know that some day, he won’t be there to pick up the phone. It’s why I treasure the times with my kids and grandson, because life isn’t fair and bad things can happen without warning.
Robert Frost wrote that “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in”—but they don’t have to love you. So if they do, treasure that. Nurture your family relationships—never take them for granted. Tell them you love them. Be there for them.
Make time for them now—today.