Thursday, July 18, 2013

One Day, One Week, One Year

Funny how much can happen in just a day or a week. Things can change, turn around, surprise you. You wake up one morning with a plan, a schedule, a detailed list. Then, in the blink of an eye, life happens and your world is turned upside down! Sometimes its good, sometimes its bad. And sometimes, a year from now, now of it will matter, or everything will.

Focus on the good. Hang on to the positives.

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This morning at work I told my boss, "I wish you were a total jerk instead of being so nice. It would make quitting here not quite so hard!"  I have one more week of work left and when I woke up this morning , creaking, aching, sore, I thought "Hallelujah! Tomorrow is my day off, then I work Sat. have Sunday off, and then it's just one more week...." But once I got to work and my co-workers showed up and we commenced with our day, in spite of the pain I was feeling in every joint (must be the change in the weather) I was laughing and joking and enjoying the camaraderie and thinking "this makes me so sad to leave."

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My sister and her hubby are enroute to HERE! They will arrive sometime Friday afternoon or evening. I will probably not see her till Saturday after work, when my hubby and I go up to help them unpack the moving van. I know they have a lot to process with the move and getting settled so I will be patient, allowing them time to adjust and rest and gear up. but I am chomping at the bit a little, to spend time with her, with them.

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I got email from one of my former sister-in-laws with some very very sad news. My former mother-in-law, whom I love still very much, is dying. This woman was like a mom to me, never a mother-in-law and it grieved me terribly to lose her when the marriage ended. We were still on good terms... sort of... but you don't really get the same kind of relationship with someone when 'blood is thicker than water' and you have made strong accusations against their son. Still, I know she still loves me and I believe she grieved the loss too. Now, she is in the last stages of cancer and hospice will be setting up to help care for her. Not sure how much time she has left but I think it's very very short. I was planning to visit her next month, when our grandson comes out to visit... now I am thinking I best not wait even that long.

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One day, one week, one year. One lifetime. 
Only one life, it soon will past, Only what's done for Christ will last.




2 comments:

  1. Life sure can bring make us flip with various emotions--guess your conclusion is the best thing to keep in mind through it all--every day, week, and year.

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  2. I know this is true! I'll be praying for your former mil. I know that is so hard.

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