First of all, if I were able to actually have a time machine, I think I wouldn't go in the same room with it. I'd honestly be so scared of the thought of traveling through time that I wouldn't want to face the fact of it being a possibility.

Anyway, if, and I mean if, I had a time machine, here are a few things I would go back and experience:

I would go back to when my brother and I rode bikes all day, rolled in the dirt hills beside our old house, and guarded our treehouse, which my brother affectionately named, "The Friendship."

I would go back and pet our favorite dog, Rufus, one more time. I tell you, he was one of the best dogs ever.

I would go back and spend more time with my sister before I left for school. I know she loves being treated like an only-child now but it would be nice to have a few more nights binge watching "One Tree Hill."

I would go back and NOT write my name as" Thorn" on my first-grade papers. (Just so everyone knows, I was obsessed with Thorn from "Scooby-Doo and The Witch's Ghost" and my teacher, bless her heart, let me temporarily change my name to Thorn.)

I would go back and experience the weekend that my team and I won state in basketball AND I found out that I got a full-ride to my favorite college.

I would go back calling my now best friend "gothic" in third grade. Oh, how far we have come since then.

I would go back and say thank you a lot sooner to my parents for showing me all of the love and guidance that they did during some of the hardest parts of my life.

I would go back and relive the experience all of my mission trips abroad; what I would give to go back and see the kids and the places again.

What are some of the things that have happened in your life that you would want to relive or redo? And better yet, what are things happening in your life today that you want to keep from becoming one of the things you want to change? I say these things not with regret but with the realization that life is passing us by the minute. Don't rely on a time machine to take you back; cherish each moment that you are given and don't let life pass you by.