Random thought

Ever have those moments in life that make you so aware of how precious everything is and how short life is? I have sadly had many of those moments as of late. And our family was having a very hard time adjusting to life with Chris gone for months at a time. Our son did not walk until after 15 months and then the week Chris came home he popped up and walked like crazy. He has done the same thing with talking. He was saying little words before Chris left and stopped talking completely while he was gone. Chris has been home two weeks and Jeremy is a chatty little fella with lots of words. Makes you go hmmmm. Now what is the connection? Well apparently while military life is ok for some it is not what is best for our family. And while it will make things a bit tight on the budget end, it will be better for our family on the emotional and developmental end. Chris has decided to leave the active duty side of the Coast Guard. He is going into the reserves so he isn't completely leaving however he won't be leaving us anymore. We are so very glad about this. You are probably wondering what this had to do with anything from the beginning of this ramble. Well it was the fact that life is so short, that my best friends father has by some miracle lived longer than they thought he would after finding out he has end stage liver cancer. It is seeing a person go from a fun loving person to a completely different one and knowing that I won't see that person again within such a short amount of time (weeks). It makes you realize that life is precious and short and you have to take every moment you can get. You can't just keep saying that you will do it some day or that your kids will understand that you did it for them. Sure I remember my parents working, but I love remembering that my dad took me fishing every weekend and that we had boats and did lots of family stuff each weekend. I don't want my kids to remember a crazy stressed mommy and a daddy who wasn't there half the time. The kids are doing so much better just in the two weeks since Chris got home. Heck I am doing better since he got home. So there it is. If you read this far kudos to you :) and thanks. Hug your loved ones and tell them you care. You never know how long you have.