Yesterday, a friend posted on her facebook, how sorry she was for another friend of hers loss. When I asked her what had happened, she told me that a good friend of hers lost her husband very suddenly and unexpectedly yesterday. They have 6 children ranging in ages 5 weeks old to 16 years old. My heart broke, for people that I have never met and probably will never meet.
So I am sitting here in bed with Big Al, snuggling on Daddy and watching baby Sophia smile in her sleep, knowing that my oldest two girls are tucked safely and snugly, and asleep peacefully in their beds, and I have time to reflect on the fact that if I were faced with what this family now faces, I don't know that I could survive it. And I think...how is it possible for me to feel more thankful than I already do for all that I have, but tonight, I do. I wouldn't have thought it possible to love my hubby more than I already did, but I do. Or my children more precious to my heart, but they are.
We are tied to this earth and our existence by such a thin thread. Any second it could snap, and we would be left behind or leave behind all that we love. Did you tell your significant other you loved them today, did you kiss each and everyone of your children and spend a little time with just them so they know just how special they are to you?
I don't know why this hit so close to home for me exactly, except maybe, postpartum hormones, or that my situation in life is very similar to theirs, 4 kids, one brand new, a husband who works the kind of job where anything can happen at any time. Not to mention that we are both volunteer FF's.
The only certainty we have in life is that someday we will die. How will we live before that happens? I....swear to live and love like there may not be a tomorrow. I will never take my family for granted again. Ever!
So I am sitting here in bed with Big Al, snuggling on Daddy and watching baby Sophia smile in her sleep, knowing that my oldest two girls are tucked safely and snugly, and asleep peacefully in their beds, and I have time to reflect on the fact that if I were faced with what this family now faces, I don't know that I could survive it. And I think...how is it possible for me to feel more thankful than I already do for all that I have, but tonight, I do. I wouldn't have thought it possible to love my hubby more than I already did, but I do. Or my children more precious to my heart, but they are.
We are tied to this earth and our existence by such a thin thread. Any second it could snap, and we would be left behind or leave behind all that we love. Did you tell your significant other you loved them today, did you kiss each and everyone of your children and spend a little time with just them so they know just how special they are to you?
I don't know why this hit so close to home for me exactly, except maybe, postpartum hormones, or that my situation in life is very similar to theirs, 4 kids, one brand new, a husband who works the kind of job where anything can happen at any time. Not to mention that we are both volunteer FF's.
The only certainty we have in life is that someday we will die. How will we live before that happens? I....swear to live and love like there may not be a tomorrow. I will never take my family for granted again. Ever!
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