Tonight I am sitting in a trauma waiting room with my cousin. Her MIL was in a car accident on Saturday and has not been doing very well. I came up to visit on Wednesday and again today. I hate hospitals and the unknowns that come along with a tragic accident and felt that someone needed to be with my ‘cuz during the evening hours so she would not have to be by herself in case anything happened.
It’s a sad place to be. I have never seen the inside workings of a trauma area…the machines, the patients and the sounds can be overwhelming. I think the most unsettling thing to wrap my brain around is the unknown. This place makes it so surreal how fragile life is….how temporary our time on earth can be. I take life for granted.
I need to start living for the day, the moment. Life can throw curve balls and over the past months and even longer I have not been handing those curve balls to well. I have been letting situations get to me and actually get the better of me and have way to much control over my life. I sit here typing this telling myself that I am going to not let situations control my life and I laugh, because I know I will let them get the better of me. Then I look around at loved ones sitting in a waiting room holding vigil over loved ones who life hang in balance. They are not sitting here worrying about silly situations in their day to day life. They are sitting here praying for their loved ones to come through the ordeal that has brought them to this waiting room.
I should be living as each day could be my last…
Tonight I was walking out of the house with my bag in hand, I called out to the boys and told them I loved them, I am thankful that I got to hear my kids tell me they loved me back. My husband walked me out to the Jeep…I loved that tender moment when he kissed me goodbye, because you never know. Sitting here I realize those moments are so precious and should not be taken for granted….ever. Tonight I am thankful for life, and I am thankful for the reminder to love my hubby and boys like there is no tomorrow.
8 Comments:
perspective is a good thing, isn't it? I am so glad that God allows us to see sometimes hows silly our worries are. I pray everything goes well for your cousins MIL and that she would recover quickly!
Amen Sista!
God is so insightful to show us exactly what we need to see at the precise moment we need to see it! How awesome is it that He continues to love us even when we fret about the unimportant thing in out lives...
Praying for healing for you family member!
Blessings
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Love you and love this post! Thanks for being there with Mom!
Times like these do make us more aware of the things to be grateful for. Prayers for everyone involved.
Blessings
QMM
Thank you for being their for my sis!!! I know she is blessed to have family and friends for her. I wish I could be there for her!!! Love you!!!!
My cousin lost her 35 year old husband six months ago and it has made all of us think a little more clearly about what is really important in life. I'll be praying for your family.
Just wanted to thank you for sitting with me at the hospital. It's the little things that seem to matter most. Love you bunches!!
You are such a good cousin. It does put a lot into perspective.
We can both work on life getting the best of us together ;)
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