I’ve been contemplating eternity today.
\nActually I’ve been thinking about it all week.
\nI read the touching FaceBook post my writing friend Kim wrote shortly after her husband took his last breath as he lay next to her.
\nI read an email from my sweet friend Cheryl, just moments after she received a phone call that her mom had passed away.
\nA devoted husband. A loving mother. Gone in the blink of an eye.
\nToday marks the\u00a04th anniversary of the day I held my mom’s hand and watched her chest rise and fall for the last time.
\nSo surreal. Such a sadness and joy all mixed up together.
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Mom holding Gabe<\/p><\/div>
\nSadness at the thought of not hearing the clanking of her spoon as she stirred\u00a0the coffee she shared with great conversation.
\nSadness because I miss her smile and her laugh that always added to an encouraging word.
\nSadness when I wish she was here to listen to my broken heart and give me advice in these changing times.
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Mom and me at my wedding 26 years ago<\/p><\/div>
\nJoy in understanding that in the instant she\u00a0breathed her last breath she was escorted into Heaven because she loved Jesus.
\nJoy in imagining her dancing with my dad without the limp she walked with for seventy long years.
\nJoy in knowing I will one day see her again.
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An encouraging word before my big day<\/p><\/div>
\nI’m not going to take today for granted. How about you?
\nIn an instant. In a breath. In a moment. It could be gone.
\nTake a deep breath and smile as you thank God for another day.
\nGod Bless Your Heart!
\nGigi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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