This post was going to be about being grateful for some time in the last couple of days. Time to tick some things off the list, pay some bills, tidy the study, clean out the pantry, play with the kids, bake cinnamon buns. Lovely domesticity.
This post was going to be about that.
And then an hour ago I received a phone call to tell me of the sudden death of the wife of a very dear work colleague. Sudden. Random. Indiscriminate. Without warning. Dead. Just like that.
I knew her too. For years.
Devastating.
So tonight I am grateful for life, just life. Everything and nothing. Living and loving. And in a few minutes I will creep into the boys' bedrooms and kiss them with a poignancy and a gratitude made all the more powerful by being reminded how fleeting it all can be, how randomly it can be over.
Hug the ones you love. Tell them. Make it count. Be grateful. Always.
Linking with Maxabella tonight xx
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It's so true. I have seen life change in that instant three times now- three deaths of close friends taken in their thirties or forties. It sucks.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this post. I have been feeling awful for the last 24 hours after losing my job... but there are worse things. xxx
i popped over from maxabella - i really like how you've put this. This week was the six month anniversary of the death of a dear friend, and I have been reflecting and remembering and thinking about it a lot. I also love the picture.
ReplyDeletethinking of you x
Big hugs honey. Life is so short for some. We need to make every day count. xxx
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that news.
ReplyDeleteMy mum had a big operation today and we were not sure how it was going to go. It went pretty well, but it reminded us all that things can and do change in an instant.
Big hugs. I will be holding my boys a bit tighter tonight. I am so sorry. :(
ReplyDeleteSo not right. Nor fair. But tonight the world. Your world.. is missing one dear person. Hugs to you and family.
ReplyDeleteYou are right. We need to measure and appreciate every moment. I needed that reminder.. Xxx
Devastating. Puts everything into perspective.
ReplyDeleteBig hugs. xxx
My Aunt died on Thursday night. I know exactly what you mean.
ReplyDeleteSo shocking! I am devastated for your friend. A long road beckons him.
ReplyDeleteYou are right. If only we could hang on to that feeling for always, rather than forget and be tied up instantly in the mundane and unimportant. x
so sad. So true, life is so precious.
ReplyDeleteWe had a medical scare in the family this week. It's made me grab on to life that little bit tighter. Big hugs to you. xx
ReplyDeleteThank you for this. My mum's close friend died suddenly (at age 36) when I was 14. One day she popped in to say hi, the next she was gone. Then when I was 21, the parents of a lovely family who I nannied for were killed in a car crash - the two little girls survived. These events have shaped the way I view the world - of course we all know theoretically that life is short and there are no guarantees, but when you experience that first-hand it leaves a lasting impression.
ReplyDeleteI try to carry with me the feeling of gratitude and awareness of our impermanence to help me count every day; but of course life and petty squabbles get in the way sometimes. Thank you for the poignant reminder. My heart goes out to your colleague. x
Catching up after a weekend away. So sorry, Suz.
ReplyDeletexo
Nothing prepares you for that kind of news.
ReplyDeleteI tell every one now. The good the bad whatever. And I hug A LOT.