Monday, May 21, 2007
more news
Since I posted (about 30 minutes ago) I discovered an update on my friends Blog about his health. The year to live has been somewhat erased and filled in with.. you could have more time..but... therre is always a but... In the mean time I will offer up all my prayers that he can live long and be happy... for both he and his wife!
Time flies
Wow, it has been 2 months since my last post. My last post was about the beginning of our garden. Everything is planted in some sort of container and seems to be growing. Only time will tell what becomes of it all. But the potatoes are already tall and lush and my tomatoes are doing fine. The weather has been cranky as of late, with LOTS of wind, so it has been messing with the growth rate of things. Well, except for the moles. They seem to be rapidly growing all over my back yard. Not five minutes after I decimated their mounds and poured fish emulsion down their holes, they had already started mounding up dirt again. Where is my cat, Imp? He needs to get on the ball and start mole hunting.
So a week ago, I aged another year. It was my birthday and I celebrated in grand fashion, thanks to my friends. I did lots of cooking for them too. My way of saying thanks for being my friend! But it got me thinking of time passing so much quicker as I get older. I know to my 10 year old, a minute is forever, but to me, a minute ago, I was going to do something and darn it all, I have completely forgotten what the heck it was. I only walked from one room to the other. I am sure that only took a minute to do that.. didn't it?
I look at my son, who is 10 and I wonder how 10 years went by so fast? I feel the same about the 46 years of my life too. I feel the need to slow it down.. way down. To grab ahold and say, "Look.. stop! Wait..breathe.. open your eyes to the life around you!
A friend of mine has been given a year to live. His heart is ailing and there is little to be done for him. A year. So much happens in a year. A child is born and in a year will open his/her mind to hear, to speak, and to walk. The wonders of the universe open before them. Although I do not know this man as well as I would like, I consider he and his wife friends and I hate feeling helpless to do something for them. To rail at the Gods, in anger and ask "Why?" But I learned so long ago that you don't get the answer to that question no matter who you ask.
Many (many) years ago in college, I gained a terrific roommate who was beginning a new relationship with a guy she had known for a few years. His school was a long way from ours so they spent lots of time on the phone and writing letters. (I told you this was long ago.. no email then). By Christmas he was told he had cancer and they started him on a toxic regiment to save his life. By Spring he was dead. The cancer had not killed him... a drunk driver did. The drunk driver also took a piece of my future at that time, but that is a different story. I know I am rambling and I should have a point here somewhere... if there was anything I took away from this tragedy, it was that life can change in an instant. I one very stormy night my roomie and I were out walking in the rain. She yelled to me and to the storm, "Why? Why did it have to happen?" I had no answer then and I do not now.
We carry on.. somehow we carry on. Through the grace of the Gods/Goddess or thru our family and friends we carry on. I know I can offer little, except to say, that I am here if you need me. Even if it is to yell at the Powers That Be.
So a week ago, I aged another year. It was my birthday and I celebrated in grand fashion, thanks to my friends. I did lots of cooking for them too. My way of saying thanks for being my friend! But it got me thinking of time passing so much quicker as I get older. I know to my 10 year old, a minute is forever, but to me, a minute ago, I was going to do something and darn it all, I have completely forgotten what the heck it was. I only walked from one room to the other. I am sure that only took a minute to do that.. didn't it?
I look at my son, who is 10 and I wonder how 10 years went by so fast? I feel the same about the 46 years of my life too. I feel the need to slow it down.. way down. To grab ahold and say, "Look.. stop! Wait..breathe.. open your eyes to the life around you!
A friend of mine has been given a year to live. His heart is ailing and there is little to be done for him. A year. So much happens in a year. A child is born and in a year will open his/her mind to hear, to speak, and to walk. The wonders of the universe open before them. Although I do not know this man as well as I would like, I consider he and his wife friends and I hate feeling helpless to do something for them. To rail at the Gods, in anger and ask "Why?" But I learned so long ago that you don't get the answer to that question no matter who you ask.
Many (many) years ago in college, I gained a terrific roommate who was beginning a new relationship with a guy she had known for a few years. His school was a long way from ours so they spent lots of time on the phone and writing letters. (I told you this was long ago.. no email then). By Christmas he was told he had cancer and they started him on a toxic regiment to save his life. By Spring he was dead. The cancer had not killed him... a drunk driver did. The drunk driver also took a piece of my future at that time, but that is a different story. I know I am rambling and I should have a point here somewhere... if there was anything I took away from this tragedy, it was that life can change in an instant. I one very stormy night my roomie and I were out walking in the rain. She yelled to me and to the storm, "Why? Why did it have to happen?" I had no answer then and I do not now.
We carry on.. somehow we carry on. Through the grace of the Gods/Goddess or thru our family and friends we carry on. I know I can offer little, except to say, that I am here if you need me. Even if it is to yell at the Powers That Be.
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