When my husband & I bought our first house this summer, we had no idea that we would have less than a month before he would die suddenly & unexpectedly. But God KNEW.
When we closed on the house, God spoke to my heart: DO NOT be uptight about getting the house in order, unpacking & all of that. RELAX. ENJOY your husband, enjoy your kids, enjoy the land & the house.
And this time, I listened. We had rich, beautiful, simple, joyful time together...the 4 of us & time with friends & family in those 3 weeks. The boxes were stacked everywhere & we didn't care. It was OK & we LOVED each other & i am so glad we did. I am so glad we had those times by the river & in the yard & in our new town & putting aside the TO DO list for awhile.
So here I am, 5 months after his death, many boxes are still stacked around me reminding me of HOW GLAD I AM that we chose to set aside most of the DOING to simply BE with the ones we love the most in all the world.
CHERISH the ones you love, LOVE the ones you're with, FORGIVE & LET GO of the hurts, FORGIVE yourself, DO NOT freak out over tinsel & gift-buying & your hoilday menu or guest list or your disappointments in yourself or others. LOOK people in the eye & say THANK YOU. "Shower the people you love with love...Show them the way you feel. Things are gonna be much better, if you only will. That's what I'd like to do to you....." - James Taylor sang it; not sure who wrote it!. EVERY chance you get. With as much love as I can convey in a BLOG..........Mimi
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