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We recently celebrated the wedding of our last child. Katie and Mike were married on August 21st. What a joy. I saw lots of evidence that time is passing: babies that are no longer babies, women and men with 'lighter' hair and bigger waistlines. One of the best parts of a wedding reception, not counting the chicken dance, is visiting. I tried to remind myself not to just "chit-chat," but to really listen and connect.
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It's been said, "Life is what happens when we are doing something else."
How many remember Dr. Bernie Siegel? He wrote, LOVE, MEDICINE AND MIRACLES. He tells us that he will take a lesson into the rest of his journey that he learned from a boy he was treating for cancer. The boy said, "We need to live today, tomorrow, and to-now." To live "to-now" is the greatest gift you can give yourself. Be fully alive and participating in your precious, present moments.
After the reception, so many well-meaning people asked me, "Aren't you glad it's over?" Maybe they were thinking of all the many months of preparation, my writer's cramp from making out all those checks, and the last minute challenges: stitches for Callie, tables not being numbered, a baptism that delayed the last minute things to be done at the church, a hem that came undone...
I really didn't want to answer that question because my personal code, since 19, has been: LIVE each and every precious, present moment. I didn't and don't like to wish moments, hours, days...away. I don't want to "wish, wish my life away." But, in my heart of hearts, the truth was: I'm tired, need some quiet time, and my feet hurt. I'm not glad the wedding is over...I am glad the planning is over.
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