How I’d Spend One Last Weekend With My Fave Fam
If I somehow knew that this weekend was mysteriously gonna be my very last one ever to spend time with my family, you better believe I’d make every minute together mega memorable! Though the thought is super sad, I’d try focusing all energy on soaking up laughs, good vibes and making the moments count with my favs.
First thing Saturday morning, I’d gather Mom, Dad, all my loud and crazy brother and sisters plus all little nieces, nephews and cousins for a monster breakfast feast. I’d cook up insane plates of pancakes, hot pap with enough milk and milk drink tea, fruit salad and more family recipe classics that we’d stuff ourselves with ‘til we can barely walk.
Just reliving all our best childhood food memories chilling round the table feeling so full of food but even fuller of love and gratitude.
Next I wanna take everybody on a field trip to the state fair happening nearby. We’d check out exhibits, animals and games like old times bumping into classmates and neighbors from our younger years growing up in the city. Of course we gotta ride the merry go round ride over and over! I smile already imagining dripping scared happy faces passing photos snapped getting off showing us screeching through the riding moments before. I know we’d laugh ourselves hoarse by the end of all the rides, shows and more fried food stops!
After stuffing ourselves silly again at the amusement park, I say we head back home, change into comfies and pop mega popcorn for a living room family movie marathon! Throw pillow forts, fuzzy PJ's and the silliest movies on Netflix, and then play songs on the speaker 'til someone konks out by midnight. I wanna replay memorable scenes together reciting our favorite lines from memory before scattering back to our dreamlands as credits roll.
However long left we get to be together, I just wanna create even more shiny new memories stacking on all the beautiful old ones. And maybe some magical photos will capture smiles guaranteeing a little piece of our souls together outliving even limited time.
After a whole weekend making memories with all the fun I love most....I’d have one last chill session together Sunday night before everyone heads home.
We’ll meet out back to build a warm crackly fire pit under the stars getting cozy together. Then we’ll quietly write down loving words for each person - no reading aloud! Just filling individual keepsake box to gift expressing how special they each are and funny memories through the years.
I picture us laughing in hats around the fire, putting favorite things we admire about each family member on paper. Some happy or funny tears are bound to come up writing stuff we’ve always meant to say heart to heart. This mini ceremony helps us feel closer getting real about what we all mean to each other after so many years side by side - the past shaping us and the future ahead.
Basically this last little hang is for reminding my people that they inspire me and I’ll forever be grateful for our bond keeping us tied together with or without enough time. The letters we gift are kinda love notes from the heart if this was our last moment. But really they speak to connections going deeper than any goodbye, carrying us wherever life takes each of us next.
Love you forever fam.Let’s cherish today like it’s our only and last chance to just be us.
images used here are mine
