The past few days have presented me with an incredible opportunity to reflect on how fortunate I am. On Sunday morning I was informed that a distant relative had succumbed to the H1N1 flu virus. A twenty seven year old mother of two. It certainly gave me a moment of pause to stop and reevaluate life and the complaints that come up, trivial complaints, while the cliches started to sing through my head.
- dance like no one is watching.
- life is full of beauty. notice it.
- dream as if you'll live forever. live as if you'll die today.
- the most important things in life aren't things.
- yadda, yadda, yadda...
There are times when the moments, and days, and months just fly by and before you know it Alex is 16 years old, Lucy is commanding her way through Kindergarten and Electra is reading the books that I so fondly remember when I was a kid. Many of my favorites such as Island of the Blue Dolphins.
The kids and I had wonderful weekend together despite all of us fighting off the usual symptoms that surface this time of year. With Electra's friend Zara in tow we headed to San Francisco on Saturday where we had lunch, went bowling, played at a park and then ended the day at the Zeum's art and technology museum. Alex even came with us which was an added treat. It was one of those experiences that can often get watered down by the more grandiose outings, yet these little moments are the ones that we should probably cling to the most. I am sort of thinkin' that life is a lot like the sunflower that my grandfather surprised us with one summer, growing slowly and steadily, often unappreciated and unnoticed until near it's end of the cycle when at last the blossom is in its full beauty. Who knows what tomorrow will bring, so blossom or no blossom, enjoy your day. (and may I remind myself of this when the kids are fighting, the house is a mess, dinner is not cooked!)
Great post!!
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