We always make excuses on why we cannot achieve things in life, we either cant afford it or we don't have time, whatever the reason is, it always comes back to an excuse. At some point in life we have to retire, can you honestly say all that hard work has paid off? If it did, job well done. If it hasnt, you know its never too late. Too late is when you are in the ground.
I lost my father a number of years ago, I also lost my mother to breast cancer only recently. I so hope they lived their best lives. I managed a trip to Samoa and American Samoa with just mum and I before she passed, and I loved every aspect of learning where she was from and listening to her childhood stories as she showed me around her village. Memories I will always hold dearly, I was so blessed to see mum in the most awesome light, I felt like a tourist in her story of life as she knew it and she was my tour guide. I cannot wait to revisit her village again and hear more stories from her living family and discover more about my roots.