April 25, 2013
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For the Last Time
Do you ever find yourself wondering when the last time will be that you do something? Certain last times stick with us, the last day of school, the last day of a job you are leaving, or the last day before you get married. However, as we move through life, without even noticing it, we pass through many "last times". You may think of something mundane you did with someone you loved and then lost, and now you wonder, how would I have changed that if I had known it would be the last time to do that thing with that person?
I have thought about this a good bit recently. My mother in law is a very plain spoken woman. I love her. She's hilarious. She says out loud the things you were thinking but would never say, along with some things you would probably never have thought.
She will sometimes declare that this is the LAST TIME she'll ever __________. Most recently, it was with towels. She bought an entire new set of towels for her house, that all matched. We were beneficiaries of this event, because we got some of the older towels from her. I use towels until there's absolutely nothing left of them. I'm sure she had probably noticed that . . . lol Anyway, she said, okay, this is the LAST new set of towels I'm buying before I die! I busted out laughing, of course, and so did she. I said, you know, most people probably don't actually identify the last set of towels they buy. In fact they probably have no idea that they are buying their last set of towels, their death towels. At that point we started busting out laughing again. Well, at least we both share an inappropriate sense of humor.I was trying to think of something that I have done that I kNEW would be the last time I did it. Off the top of my head the only thing I can think of was when Oliver was born. He was the 5th C-section and I was getting my tubes tied, so I thought, this is the LAST time I'll be in the hospital having a baby of my own body.
(Unless, I'm one of the 1 in 1,000 women for whom a tubal is not successful. Yes, I've watched too many episodes of "I Didn't Know I was Pregnant")
Have you ever done something and thought, "this is the last time I will ever do this!" and if so, what was it?
Comments (13)
That reminds me of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. He was on his last pair of shoes.
My dad bought what he calls his "death truck". lol It has a lifetime powertrain warranty and he plans to use it! P.S. idk what a powertrain warranty is.
this is the last time I will be in this building
I worked in the same building for 25yrs at the medical clinic when I was a nurse. I would see the blue bonnets out the window that had black metal around the glass. It would make a beautiful photo. All the nights I worked late there and all the funny things and sad things that happened.
I didn't know that I would ever be in that building again but I go there most nights in my dreams.
Maybe like when I am leaving a job...like, "this is the last day I will work here" kind of thing. I find that a lot of the "lasts" aren't really noticable, they just sort of happen and then later you realize they happened.
I am glad you have a mother in law who shares your inappropriate sense of humor. That is quite a blessing!
Sorry, no, not that I can think of. If I do, I'll let ya know. hehe
I'm with you on the "birthed my last child." Now I'm in the stage where I think...will this be the last time she falls asleep on my lap? ... the last time I give him a bath? (this may not be a sad thing, there is something to be said for children who bathe themselves!) And even though I am kind of all the lookout for those moments I'll probably still only recognize them after they're long past.
I like this post. You are so right....we do "lasts" without even giving it a second thought.
I always think about that at the end of market season...This is the last time I'll be out here for the year. (but I go back the next summer!) But the end of the year is always sort of nostalgic and sad. Well, bittersweet, by the end of summer I hate markets! Haha! Right now I can't wait to get started since it's spring.
I guess I think about it a lot...the kids and I always say, this is the last time this year we're going to do this or that. Today...This is the last time I'm having sugar until my sister's wedding! Yeah, that lasted all of about 3 minutes when I remembered about my iced coffee...and then I cleaned out the cabinet and found some Easter candy. Okay, gotta go work out now.
Happy Thursday Beth.
My grandmother once told the lady at Payless that they didn't want the BOGO on sandals, because my grandfather "wouldn't live long enough to wear out one pair of sandals, much less two."
BTW I have a friend who had a post-tubal baby...
Haha! Death towels. Oh my.
Ya know, I have so many lasts that I reflect on (sometimes extensively) after the fact, not knowing that it was going to be my last. And while at first I am really sad that I didn't know it was going to be my last time of whatever and didn't appropriately appreciate it, take pictures, etc. ... I have come to the conclusion that I am better off not knowing it's my last. I am just too sentimental. Lol. I think I would end up depressed over whatever it is. So while I am sad about certain things being over without realizing they are going to be, I suppose I'm better off that way. Hmmm... Now I'm going all reflective over here.
Oh yes, and there was a teacher at my middle school who had her tubes tied and went on to have another baby.
LOL at the 'death towels'. Yep, when I had Trevor (b/c of all the complications with each preg) I knew he'd be the last baby I had. I also knew the last time I'd teach in a school and the last time I'd be a home school teacher.
No I haven't thought like that at all I don't think. Just not that kind of mind set for me, but I am sure I must have thought, "Dang, I hope I don't ever repeat this again as long as I live!"
Yes I got married for the last time when I married TD.
You and your mother in law have such a great sense of humor! Such a thought provoking post! My brain is still spinning on this one. If only we lived with the kind of appreciation that such and such is the last time of this or that.But on the other hand, there are some things in life that I am pretty thankful it is the last time.