Monday, March 15, 2010

Time slows for no man...

It is hard for me to believe that a year has passed since my Dad departed this earth. I feel like I have been a parentless child forever...It just seems like so long ago when everything was "normal." At the same time, certain sounds, smells, songs and other random details of life take me right back. If I close my eyes, I can see everything that happened like it is happening right now...Almost like I can reach out and touch him.

I have found a new normal. Doing my best to try and take care of the estate stuff...Sometimes being successful, sometimes not so much. I just wonder if I will ever get it all together.

There are so many things that have come to light that make me so thankful. I am truly blessed with the friends and family that surround me. I am so lucky to have people to listen to me, and stand by me, and be there when I need a helping hand. Life doesn't get much better than that. All this has taught me that a lot of the material things in life, although nice and comforting, don't really amount to much. You make your own destiny, your own life. Much of how you go through life depends on how much you live it. Not too many people are capable of living in the moment all the time. But is important to try and be present as much as possible. Too often lately, I have seen news stories, known people, or have been told of friends or co-workers who were here one day, and gone the next.

The social medium has given rise to the ability to reconnect with old friends. It has also brought to light the passing, entirely too soon, of high school and childhood friends and acquaintances. I have been so awed and overwhelmed with the positive comments and support from distant friends. It is such a treasure to have people from across the years and across the miles back in my life...Even if it is just through words on a page...

So many changes, so many heartaches, so many blessings...It all comes full circle.