My greatest birthday gift so far? Kyren smiled his very first smiles -- AT ME!! 3 in a row!
That made it a very Happy Birthday indeed.
We're supposed to get a huge snowstorm. Also happy.
My boys are sweet and healthy and growing chubbier everyday. Happy Happy Happy!
But as we celebrate the happiness of life, we are also reminded today of the sadness that comes along with it.
My sweet Gramma Bernie is being moved from the hospital to the hospice center. Sad.
My mom is losing her mommy. So Sad.
3 decades of my life spent with a precious woman who loved me in a deep and special way are coming to an end. It's a sad kind of day.
I guess life would not be so worth celebrating if there were not an end to it. The sad days make the happy days even happier. And the happy days make the sad ones a little more bearable. And the days that are both happy and sad are a reminder that life is short, and hard, and sweet. . . and that life and death are part of each day.
We all have a birthday. And we all have a deathday. It is painful to be born. And it is painful to die. But the joy that awaits on the other side of each is what this life is all about.
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I'm sorry about your grandma :( I like how you've put it in perspective. Sorry.. this is a long comment, but have you heard this poem:
LIFE BETWEEN THE “DASH”
I read of a man who stood to speak
at the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
from the beginning...to the end.
He noted that first came her date of birth
and spoke the following date with tears,
but he said what mattered most of all
was the “dash” between those years. (1934 -1998)
For that dash represents all the time
that she spent alive on earth...
and now only those who loved her
know what that little line is worth.
For it matters not, how much we own;
the cars...the house...the cash,
what matters is how we live and love
and how we spend our “dash”.
So think about this long and hard...
are there things you'd like to change?
For you never know how much time is left,
that can still be rearranged.
If we could just slow down enough
to consider what's true and real,
and always try to understand
the way other people feel.
And be less quick to anger,
and show appreciation more
and love the people in our lives
like we've never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect,
and more often wear a smile...
remembering that this special “dash”
might only last a little while.
So, when your eulogy's being read
with your life's actions to rehash...
would you be proud of the things they say
about how you spent your “dash”?
I am so sorry about your Mom's Mom...You have much wisdom and faith my friend...our God is with you and your mom and your grandma every step of the way...I will be praying.
So sorry to hear about your Grandma. We'll keep you all in our prayers once again. God bless!
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