Everyday Epiphanies

Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it. - Anne De Lenclos

I sure wish I felt like this everyday. In fact most days I do not. But every now and then I have an Epiphany and am reminded that I am alive and I should appreciate every day. Well, really I should appreciate every moment, but I don't.  I forget. I forget how blessed I am to be healthy and alive at this moment. Life goes on....

I was reminded last week when a gal I knew passed away and she was only 32! I am 54 and still feel I have a lot of living to do. When I was at her graveside....I looked at all the headstones there and was reminded of all the people that had passed and wondered if they really realized how short and quick their life here on earth was going to be?? All those days that slipped by unnoticed and unappreciated. How can I turn that around and appreciate every single darn day that I live??? I wonder.

I thought today of some of the days that I remember in my life. Already I'm forgetting a lot....:)

 For some reason the first one that came to mind was 9/1/01. Which of course is now known as 911. The day that the Trade Center in New York (Twin Towers)were destroyed by our own planes. A very vicious act of terror. Done by a group of people that really, really hated Americans. 

Well, I won't go in to all that, but another day that I thought of was in May of 1980. Mt. St. Helen's Blew it's top and we lived pretty darn close to it. (40 miles as a crow flies). I was a month away from delivering our second son, Greg. So I remembered being quite worried about it. 

Another day was when we got married (7.8.78) Big day for us!! Then of course, I remember something about each day that I gave birth to our 3 children.  The last day I want to mention, because now I'm remembering a lot more....:)  Anyways, another day that I will never forget is when our son Greg was in a terrible accident.(8/4/98) Two of his good friends: Matt Hammond and T.J. Sortomme died in that accident. It was such a shocking and scary time as a mother to witness. Greg flew out of a car that was going 82 mph. He had a bad blow to his head and was very combative. Anyways, I won't go into more detail, but my point is.....that you just don't forget those kind of days in your life.

So today I'm going to be Thankful for right now and try to appreciate this day and be thankful for the ones that remain. We never know what is in store for us, but we sure can try to cherish our life and the lives of others around us right now!