Catching Up!

So...if you are caught up on your post readings for this week, you will note that it is Wednesday and I have been ill for the past few days...not really having the energy or the want to write a post!

I do feel better today...actually made it through a whole day of work, bathed my child and read her a bedtime story and now I am sitting back in my usual place at the kitchen table, contemplating my day and the rest of the days in this week. Life is back to normal.

My time on the sick bed (okay, it was really the sick couch...cause I hate to be stuck away from it all in the bedroom) gave me plenty of time to catch up on my sleep, which I did, and time to read and finish my latest paperback novel, which was great, and it also gave me some time to think. Now, admittedly, I did not think too long or much on any great topic, but I did luxuriate in solitude for more hours than I have been able to do in about two years so it was a nice change of pace.

I have many of those thoughts floating in my head this evening, I have sat here for fifteen minutes trying to lasso at least one of them and wrangle some kind of post from it...so far, I am keeping my title of CITY girl - not meant for any kind rodeo, imagined or the real horses and bull kind.

If the last few days have taught me anything, the lesson has come from watching on the sidelines as a family I hold dear, grandchildren, children, husband and wife have struggled and come to terms with some disappointing news regarding health and supposed length of life. To watch, ever so distantly, as people are given news that is crushing, to see the strength that envelopes them, the strength that comes only from knowing and trusting their Lord who holds all of us and our number of days in His sturdy hands, well, it has been inspiring. It has helped me look back at my life, to gaze at it in the present and focus my mind's eye telescope on the future in a totally new way.

Life has become precious once again. A simple reminder for me to stop and live each moment to the fullest and to concentrate on the happy moments in this life...not dwell so much on the ones that cause a tear to spring to the eye. Funny, three years ago, I wondered why, even did it on this very blog. Why would an event take place, why would a reunion take place, what could the purpose be in my life? I still wrestle with that question and the answer is still not completely formed, but through that event and reunion, I have been blessed by renewed relationships, profound life lessons and if nothing else, I see the reminder to cherish life and for that I am thankful.

Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev