The past few months have been very hectic, stressful, and heartbreaking. However, I have kept my head held high, and never let the obsticles slow me down. Things seemed to be mellowing out for me once school began. I started my son and I on a new routine and it has been working great for us. All was right with the world....
Monday morning I had just laid my son down for his nap, and I was relaxing and enjoying the quiet. My phone rang and my best friend's mother's name came across the screen. After two seconds on the phone with her she told me that her husband had passed about an hour before. She couldn't get in contact with her daughter (my bestie) so she had to call me. She wanted me to tell her what happened. Now my best friend's father had been sick since Thanksgiving with stage 4 cancer and was paralyzed from the chest down, so we knew it was coming. Still, you're never really prepared when it finally happens. When I got off the phone I was in shock. How on Earth was I going to tell my best friend her father was gone? The whole twenty minutes it took me to get to her house were the longest ever! I had no idea what I was going to say or how I was going to say it. When I finally found the words and told her the news, my heart broke right along with hers. That was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. I've had dreams since then of the look on her face and the feeling of my heart twisting in pain. I know if I feel like this, I can only imagine how she is feeling.
I told this story because time is precious. You never know when your last minute is going to be up. Spend every moment with the ones you love and don't let hatred fill your heart. I make sure I tell my parents, my son, and everyone I care for I love them as much as possible. You do not know if you will ever be able to say it to them again.
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