WOW! It's been quite a while since I posted to my blog. I read somewhere that when you begin writing blogs you should have a goal of posting 10 to start. Since the last one I wrote was in November, it's pretty clear that I am a bit slow in achieving that particular goal. I have, however, been compiling a list of things that I would write about if I were a writer. Does that count?
Last week, someone very special passed on. She was young, vibrant, caring and compassionate. The people whose lives she touched, and there were many, will feel the loss of her light for quite a while. But I believe that the lessons she taught us with her compassion and courage will live on, as she will in our hearts.
Tim McGraw wrote a song for his father called "Live Like You Were Dying". I am listening to that song as I write and it reminds me of how precious life is and what a gift it is. Although her life was short, it was a life that anyone would be proud of. Over the years, I have seen and felt the loss of many people. Some losses followed the natural progression of life and lived to old age. Some did not. But, I have learned that each one of those people, adults and children, have taught me something.
And when I can apply those lesson in my own life, well, what better way it there to celebrate the existence of such terrific people. To pass on what we have learned from them.
