If you follow me on Facebook you might already know that my beautiful Grandmother passed away recently. She was a wonderful woman who lived a long, fulfilling life. :) She was 93 years old...almost 94, in fact! Needless to say, it was a blessing to be able to hear stories from someone who has experienced so much of life.

As I reflect on life as a whole, Priscilla Shirer's book, The Resolution for Women, comes to mind. In it she wrote:

“For each season of life, soak in it, relish it, cherish it, celebrate it, appreciate it for what it is. Each season of life is populated with all the things, people, events, relationships, and milestones that would make a once-in-a-lifetime experience– my only chance to fully be the person I’d be at this age and in this season. Only for the coming year would my husband be exactly like this. Only for these fleeting moments would my children talk, look, and act exactly like this. And if I choose to hurry through them in an attempt to avoid the parts I didn’t like, I’d simultaneously miss all the things I’d like about the season.

I recognized that by rushing through life (constantly trying to reach the “next better” thing/ circumstance), I’d be subtly devaluing those around me and the experiences I was involved in, not appreciating the importance and significance they bring to my life and the lives of others at this very moment, not grasping my responsibility for holding dear and treating well these gifts God has entrusted to me… Always looking toward the next moment, the next month, the next event, rarely allowing myself the privilege of fully participating and embracing the happenings that were right before me that day."

May we all experience life to the fullest, and may we have many, many years filled with once-in-a-lifetime moments! <3

Sincerely,