Perspective

There have been a lot of things that have happened recently, that have given me some new perspective. Last week, a post from a former coworker on Facebook, talked about a woman who was 27, who was in the hospital fighting for her life from the H1N1 virus. She had a 9 month old baby. She ended up passing away less than a week later, but I followed her website and her story, saddened and horrified. Her son will never know his mother. As a mom of two children, I am deeply effected by this story. On her website, was a link to another site, The Liz Logelin Foundation. This poor woman had a baby, and the next day died. Her husband writes a blog about his struggles and his daughter's life. Again, I was sobbing as I read his posts. On his site, are several more links --blogs that he is a fan of. One night I was clicking on them, reading the stories. Most of these people have lost a loved one, to a sickness or an accident. Again, it was like looking at a car accident when you pass it --you feel sick, you are praying for the people involved, but you can't stop looking, or reading in my case. As my daughter was playing with her doll house on the floor, I was reading --how these people struggle with something so serious on a daily basis and their lives are changed forever by these unfortunate and unfair things. I have marked some of them as favorites, as I want to keep checking in to see how they are. But what strikes me the most with all of this --is how life can change in an instant. How you really do have to appreciate what you have and let your loved ones know how much you love them. This makes these little things, like changing jobs, or moving to England, not as crucial. Yes, these are big decisions for my family, and they are without a doubt life changing decisions. But again, I think as long as we are together, happy and healthy, these things are going to be ok. It puts everything in perspective.....