The other day I was searching the internet for something to occupy my time. I came across a website called makes me think. As I read some of these I realized how much I really have. My family, my health, and my wonderful friends. This last week was ridiculously stressful for me. It's amazing how the people you love help you through rough patches and it's sad that sometimes you don't realize that until they're gone. So I encourage you to focus on the blessing you have rather then focusing on the negative in your life.
Here are a few makes me think.
Today, someone else’s tragedy provided the miracle my family had prayed for. Thanks to this stranger, my dad will have a heart. It’s so odd to think that an accidental death just saved his life.
Today, as I walked away from the airport gate alone with my head held high and eyes beet red from crying, I knew at that moment what it meant to be a military wife.
Today, as my father, three brothers, and two sisters stood around my mother’s hospital bed, my mother uttered her last coherent words before she died. She simply said, “I feel so loved right now. We should have gotten together like this more often.”
Today, I was the maid of honor in her wedding. Four years ago she was declared cancer free. Eight years ago, during our senior year of college, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and told she had eighteen months to live.
Today, my son and I were in a car accident. I came out of it with just a cut over my eye, but my son fell into a coma. The doctor said if he doesn't wake up soon his chances of a full recovery greatly decreases. An hour ago he opened his eyes and said a word I thought I’d never hear again, “Mommy.”
