Reflections

This definitely has been a week of reflecting on life and relationships in general. A week ago today a dear neighbor passed away after being sick for a long time. We were able to visit her in hospice last sunday to say goodbye and she passed away a few hours later. Her graveside service was yesterday which was beautiful and helped you to remember to enjoy life and those around you. Also yesterday was our nephews 18 surprise birthday party that afternoon-yes 2 quite different events in one day but this one reminded me how fast your children grow up and to enjoy each moment with them.

The one that I think made my own family and my siblings really realize how precious life is is what happened to my dad this past thursday. He had come home from work and climbed onto the roof to check on some work that a man was doing to their home and he started to come down on the ladder and we don't know if it slipped or what but he fell head first onto their side driveway. He became unconscious and of course with any head wound a lot of blood. My mom found him and thought he was dead at first. She called 911 and they brought him up to the local hospital but then brought him later to the new hospital in Salt Lake that had a trauma center. He had swelling and bleeding on the brain but it went down the next day. He did end up staying for 2 days in the hospital but we actually thought that was a safe place for him as he probably would go home and mow the lawn! He looks a little worse for the wear but all he got out of it was several set of stitches on his eyebrow/forehead and and a black eye-no broken bones, no permanent damage. As you can see from the picture above he's smiling (:)) and in good spirits.

As I say life is interesting and especially after this week I realize to enjoy everyday.