Fast Forward

It always amazes me how fast time seems to fly by. Year after year, it just seems to pick up pace and in what seems a blink of an eye, another year is gone. Children grow faster & faster,.. How I wish it would just slow down,.. even a little!

It seems like the more this world progresses in technology, the faster time escapes us. Everything is designed to be faster. I don't recall the days slipping away when I was a child, as they do in the here & now. We didn't have all the gadgets we have today,.. life didn't operate on hyperspeed. Seems to me that the better the world's 'technology' gets the more it takes away from what life really should be.

I'm tired of living life on fast forward..... of grasping at little moments, trying desperately to hold on and enjoy them before they're completely gone. Life is so precious, our time here is immeasureable in value, yet it slips so easily from our hands. We take it for granted that there will always be 'tomorrow'.

We have been fortunate to have been blessed with an extra 6 years with Mom, but her tomorrows are coming to an end. She's gotten worse over the weekend, and so much so that she can no longer leave the house. I talked to Dad (Albert) this morning, and things do not look good. he said she's in so much pain, and all she can do is sleep.

It's difficult to breathe even with the oxygen. I could see that when I was there Thursday evening, but otherwise she was still holding her own. Not the case now...

Dad said one of the hospice nurses are coming over to see her today. She'll see what she can do to help the pain, but mom has already been taking mega doses of morphine, and it's not helping. Her body has adjusted, and needs more, but whether or not it's safe to increase it any further is the big question. She'll also try to give us an estimated time-frame on how long she thinks Mom may have. Dad will keep us posted, and will call if we need to rush up there. For now, they want us to sit tight.

He said that she's ready to go, and that last night she was even apologizing to him for "taking so long"............ then he started to cry, but managed to quickly collect himself.

So, in your prayers, if you are not already,.. please make sure to include him. They have been together almost their entire lives... since they were children in school.

Celebrate life, stop and breathe it in, and find a way to slow yourselves down enough to capture what time you can... Hit the emergency stop button,... before it's gone.