yesterday the world lost a very talented angel. many didn't know her personally, but many considered her a close nit member of their family, even if just over the internet. she had a way with words that many of us could only dream about. she put on a strong fight against her battle with CF. it's times like this that we need to remember that she is not lost nor forgotten. she still stands strong with each of us, as we read the words she wrote. her words were an inspiration to us, hitting many of us in a way that touched each of our hearts on a level we couldn't imagine. painting a picture with words in a way most of us could only dream.
reading her final words spoke to me. it reminded me just how quick things can be taken away from us. sitting back, i think about all the chances that have passed me by. all the possible friendships i let slip away, all the important people that i had in my life.
sitting here, thinking about this blog all day long, looking for the right words to say...i realize i don't, as i am sure most of you don't either, take the time to tell those most dear to us, just how important they are to our lives.
it's times like this that i am so thankful that i don't let a day go by that i don't talk to my mother. even if it's a simple thank you for all she has done. or a quick call back home to check in and make sure everything is OK. i realize that i hardly talk to my father, who at one time was battling cancer in his knees. our lives are so busy, my family and mine, that i didn't find out about the cancer until it was already treated and gone. no one bothered to pick up the phone and tell me something serious like that had befallen a family member. yet even today i don't take the time to make a quick call just to say i love you.
i lost my grandmother not long ago, hardly ever talking to her, i found it hard to take the trip to Texas where she was staying with my aunt because we never kept in touch. i never called to say hello. i always held it against her that she held my cousins so much higher on a pedestal while i was nothing but a bottom rung. i sit here today and realize our distance apart was not just her fault but my own for not taking the time. i realize just how selfish it is of me to hold so much against her when i was just as lazy as she was.
so many family members have drifted away from me for the same reason. today i ask myself if it is even worth the call to try and bring it all back. my family has drifted apart so much, yet it takes just that one person to bring them all back.
i don't sit here telling this story as a woe-is-me story or look for sympathy, but to remind everyone how important a simple phone call is, or the amount of change it could make in one relationship. despite how busy we all are, we all have a cell phone. we all seem to text all day long, and we all update our Facebook each day from our phone, so my question to you is...why haven't you made that simple call to tell those who are important to you that you care? to tell them that you love them.
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