A Little Bit of Living Needs to be Going On

This has been two devastating weeks. As I sit here, I can count 3 friends, 1 history-maker who have left this earth as physical beings. ALL, without exception, way too young. One only 24. I have another friend who is remembering the loss of his sister 24 years ago today. In 26 days, it will be 14 years since the passing of my Daddy. December marks 7 years since we lost my mother.

It is time...it is time to celebrate those lives by living our lives to the fullest. To let our famlies and our friends know that we love them and how important they are in our daily life. Yes, it may just be a "like" on facebook some days, but try to make it more personal and interactive more often. That is hard for me. As I have told my family on more than one occasion, I HATE phone calls! I have had to have my ear to a phone for work for so long, that talking on the phone is just a thing I don't crave or enjoy much. It is not the people, I love talking to the people, I just need the in person face to face thing. I do love chats..that is a nice compromise for me!

That said, we need to make more time to actually see each other. Remember visits with family and/or friends that just ended up with so much laughing and giggling that your tummy and face hurt at the end of the day? What a wonderful hurt..and what food for the soul.

Get in a car and go visit for a weekend, turn off the tv or heaven forbid the internet (NOOOOOO!!) and go DO something fun, different, exciting, NEW! Hubby and I have decided that at some point we are going to go tandem skydiving. He has a fear of heights big time, I do too, to a point. But it is on our list of things we want to do. I need to try sushi..ewwwww..but I am going to, really. Go to someplace wonderful in this great country of ours. Vermont anyone? The Dakota's are different and unique and everyone should see them and get to know the history of that area..Wyoming..Utah..hit the places you don't think of as 'destination' places. You'll be surprised..just do it! This country is made up of such extraordinary people and places your would have to live at least two lifetimes to get to experience it all.

So..in honor of these beautiful souls that have left us, lets get a little bit of living going on and let them know they have given us a very precisous gift.