My dad's 75th Birthday. Dad was running errands on his last day here on earth. He had been on his way to the store when he didn't feel well, so he turned around and drove back home. Managed to get upstairs, after "being ill" he went to lay down. Mom went to check on him and ask if he wanted her to call the doctor, which he said no he didn't ... but she said he looked "wrong" ~ she ended up calling "9-1-1" and then called us to let us know he was at the hospital & that she didn't think it was good. That was just a couple of month's after his 62nd birthday. And after all this time he is still extremely missed.
My dad enjoyed the outdoors ~ fishing, being on the water seemed to be his most favorite activity. Although he did enjoy hunting too. He wanted to live at the camp year round. But the camp wasn't quite ready for that and if he had lived I am sure he would have managed to get it up to that level of comfort.
I am just sitting here remembering dad, and thinking how short life really is ~ you know you've all had those moments where something happens that drives home that point "LIFE'S SHORT" so live it to the fullest while you can. But then the every day "routine" takes over again and everyone is doing what needs to be done and they are back in their own little "ruts" until the next time something happens to jar us into realizing that "Life's too Short".
Anyway ... life is full of so many mundane things but if we take the time to look a bit closer we can see that in among the mundane is a whole assortment of Amazing! Just take time to stop & smell the roses ...okay not necessarily the roses but have you looked at any flower close up? They are just one small facet of nature, and yet they are evidence of the Creator.
Everywhere I look I can see something that reminds me of my dad, but that doesn't make me sad... instead it means that he truly is with me in my heart daily. And it drives home the point that God has left us reminders of Him in all of the every day living we do, if we will only take the time to "see" them. When I watch our grandchildren playing and I catch a glimpse of them "looking" like another family member it amazes me how much we "look" like one another. Well in a way that is how it is for us as God's children. When we look at one another we should be able to "see Christ in them" as they should be able to "see Christ in us" ~ speaking the truth in Love and sharing the Love of God one with another daily. Life's just too short, so why not live each day to the fullest? This scripture comes to mind and I'd like to leave it as a final thought today ~
"Whatsoever your hand findeth to do do it with all your might, for there is no work, nor device nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest." Ecclesiastes 9:10
Thanks dad for the memories. Thank you God for everything!
Wishing you all great joy.
