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Breath
September 6, 2017
“Life is full of give and take. Give thanks and take nothing for granted”. -HPLYRIKZ.COM
Health. It is fleeting and many of us just take it for granted. We wake up and put our feet on the ground and stand. The miracle of just that one thing. It is a gift. One we all need to take a moment and acknowledge.
In the past few days I had one friend get diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and yet another had a stroke. My brother was diagnosed with Parkinson’s last year, my husband has MS and our daughter is scheduled to have a heart catheterization September 14. Its scary and really makes me stop and take stock of all life’s blessings.
When our oldest daughter was about 6 we had a talk about death. I tried my best to break it to her in terms that a 6-year-old could comprehend, without scaring her. I stumbled on my words, far from eloquent. When I finished, flushed and emotional, she looked me square in the eyes and said “so what you are saying is that none of us are getting out of here alive”? Out of the mouth of babes. She got it.
Life is scary. It is unfair. Bad things happen to good people. Bad things happen to everyone. No one escapes. To live is to risk. To love is to risk. I am constantly finding myself holding my breath. My daily mantra is “breath”.
The only thing that gets me up in the morning is the support system I am blessed to be surrounded
by. That “it takes a village” is true. I am stronger and braver because I know I have family and friends that have my back. In turn, it is humbling to give peace and support to the ones I love.
Prayer is my salvage. I believe in a higher power and I speak to that.