I wrote before about the joy of missing out, you can read about it here if you haven’t already!
A couple weeks ago we were driving out to camp and blaring some Leslie Hall and jamming out. I turned around and said to Kerry’s daughter ”Alright girlfriend. What was the best part of your summer?”
”I don’t know! I can’t choose!”
”Alright, what was the WORST part of your summer?”
”We didn’t get to go to White River!”
There is a magic about their camp in White River. Kerry has written about it, and there will always be more to write.
I realized something in that moment though. She couldn’t choose just one thing that stuck out to her, the thing she loved the most about this summer. Heck, I couldn‘t even choose - I had just gotten married two days prior. Was that my favourite thing about summer? It was definitely up there. But so was seeing Evan for the first time in 223 days. So was spending time with some really close friends. So was going out to camp to jump off the dock with some of my favourite people. So was eating junk food with my best friend while we crafted and played endless hours of Mario Maker. The impromptu road trips...the trillion other things I did this summer.
As summer winds down I keep thinking about what our summer would have looked like, and what it did look like.
I realized in that moment that I had found my JOMO.
This summer I accomplished so much. I’ve reignited my love of reading and my love of biking. I crushed goals. I did things that mattered the most to me. I think that’s my favourite thing this summer.
Our wedding didn't go as we had originally planned it, but what did happen was something more intimate and pretty special. "All you can do is focus on what's in front of you and applaud yourself for making choices that align with your needs." The magic of JOMO.
As we passed the popcorn (quite literally) back and forth, we shared laughs about the memories we had made this summer and in past summers.
Andy Bernard once said in The Office "“I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.” I think we know though. We might tell ourselves a different story but we know. I think we need to savour those moments more before they fade away into something new. That is where I found my JOMO.
- Cousin Laura
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