It's not very often that I do 'serious' blog posts or just blog about what I am thinking, but here it goes. Lately I've been thinking about blogging in general and my simple blogs and how I've come to really appreciate them. Not only are they a family journal, but they make me realize that contrary to popular belief (and by that I mean my own belief) we do not just sit around and let time pass us by while we wait for the future to come along and sweep us off our feet. Chris has been in school a long time. We both have. We are coming up on our 5 year anniversary and there has always been one of us in school. We talk about the future when he graduates as if it is this wonderful perfect place where we will have all the money we need and none of the worries or stresses that life inevitably brings. I know that we are kidding ourselves. Life will not be perfect when graduation day comes. New things will come up, and sadly, we will not be millionaires! And so, I've started to appreciate everything that we have now. We are in Fort McMurray this summer and I deeply miss my house, and my friends, and even my job. But we are here as a family. We don't have a money tree in our backyard, but Chris does have a good job that provides for us and has blessed our family in many ways. We are healthy. We have time to spend together as a family and go swimming, and go to parks, and to play baseball together. And most of all, we have Macy. She is such a delight. She's smart, and funny, and incredibly cute, and never fails to bring smiles to our faces and laughter to our ears.
Just recently a girl on our baseball team was hit in the leg with a ball that caused the bone to break. It turns out that because of this, Doctors found out that she has bone cancer. This unfortunate story, along with so, so many others that are like it and that I have heard about or experienced quite a bit lately has made me realize we have to appreciate the here and now and what we've got. We never know what will happen or when it will.
So what does this all have to do with blogging? Well, it documents all of the 'here and now' moments to remind me how good I've really got it when I sometimes forget. So here's to living in the moment and fully appreciating it, and of course, blogging about it.
2 comments:
Here's to 'the here and now'. Thanks for sharing your moments with us.
I loved reading this post and echo all of your sentiments. I always tend to think things will be better around the corner (it seems there is always something to look to to make things "better"), but almost losing my Dad last year shook me up enough to appreciate every day, challenges and all. I've heard it my whole life, but now I really see that there is no guarantee we will be here tomorrow. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts...a good reminder for me.
Happy Birthday! I'm glad I got to talk to you yesterday!
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