Making Memories

All good conversation, manners, and action, come from a spontaneity which forgets usages, and makes the moment great. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

There comes a time when the spontaneity of an idea is a valuable factor to consider in whether or not to follow through with the concept. And when I suddenly got the idea, on a breezy day, to kidnap my mother, well, I simply asked myself, "What would Mary Poppins do?"

And so...we flew kites.

I texted my mother and asked her to be ready when I got home, and I finished up the errands I was running with a stop at the dollar store to pick up kites. And down to the neighborhood park we went, to fly kites.

But not all went as planned. One kite wouldn't fly.

I love my mother very much.

In most circumstances, a dud kite would be a downer on the fun. My mom and I, however, laughed and laughed during our efforts to get the kite to fly. And the kite that would not fly produced more memories than its high-flying sister.

The moral of this story? I have two.

Spontaneity sometimes makes great memories.

Circumstances that do not go according to plan often make the best memories.