Isn't it sad, how things/people seem suddenly MORE important or significant to you when there is tragedy in your or someone else's life? I just read a story on CNN (and watched the video) of a father doing a press conference notifying the media that his 3 year old son that went missing in the tornadoes in Oklahoma was found this morning, not alive. My heart sank to my stomach, he was Benny's age. I can't even imagine the heartbreak those poor parents are going through. Not only did they lose him, they lost their 15 month old son too. The poor mother is pregnant and in the hospital as well as their oldest daughter.
I go through life, with the motions every day. I'm a grumpy bear a lot. I'm tired from working and traffic and I get annoyed really easy. I get more annoyed and frustrated than I should... and I think it's my own fault. I forget to stop folding laundry or washing dishes and just sit and enjoy and love on and hug my boy. I forget to laugh and loosen up a little. I sometimes don't allow myself to stop and read him a book because it's an "inconvenient time" and because I'm busy. Laundry will get done. So will the dishes. But he's only going to be 3 for a little while, and pretty soon will be a teenager who doesn't want me to pay him ANY attention.
After I lost my sister, I realize just how fragile life is- and how at ANY minute, someone can be taken from you. I don't want to have to "remind" myself of these things- but I guess it's good to have reminders. I love my husband. I love my little boy. I love our family and would be so sad with out any one of them. So here's my reminder. Take a mine to LOVE. LAUGH. BE HAPPY. As mom would say "Put a smile on your face and a melody in your heart!"  And... get over it. :)