The whirlwind that is life has taken me on such a ride but I think it is going to die down for a bit now... Yeah right! My second book has been slow coming due to my Master's program (which will be done by this coming April!!!!) and personally, I feel like I was on a teacup ride and my body is going one way and my mind the other.
Last month, we found out that my dad has cancer. It's in the very early stages and we feel very blessed that the doctors found it so early and he will be starting treatment in the next two weeks but it was still such a shock. My dad has been my rock for as long as I can remember. He mostly passed this stability over to my husband, but I am still a daddy's girl at heart. (I can only hope that both of my girls feel that way about my husband when the time comes.)
Now its my turn to be there for him and I can only pray that I can be the strong person he needs me to be. The news hit hard because three years ago on New Years Eve, we lost my grandfather to cancer after his 18 month fight.
What I have learned from this is that now matter how crazy, hectic, and wonderful life has been or will be, we need to learn to live in the moment. To take each small, everyday life moment to tell those we love how we feel and not to dwell on the long term.