This may be a good time for me to put my Blog on Pause. My husband and I just celebrated 33 years of marriage, and he recently had his 60th Birthday. He is now under Hospice care after battling brain cancer since Oct 2017. I would encourage all of you to take to heart what this poem says and live in the present because you never know what the future holds. Every day is a gift.
The “Present”
The future is upon us and soon it will be the past,
The time spent on earth travels much too fast,
From a tiny embryo to a small, helpless baby,
To an invincible teenager; to a middle-aged lady,
To a gray-haired grandmother; to a decrepit woman on a cane,
The whirlwind of life has such joy- with a portion of pain,
At first, we thought we would never make it to ten,
It seemed so long to wait for, back then,
But one year goes by these days in a speedy flash,
It is no longer a marathon, it’s a 50-yard dash,
As children, we dreamed of being grown,
And now we are, youth is a covetous milestone,
If we live in the present, we will always be content,
We won’t wonder where all the time just went,
As we are reaching 60, and our hair is turning gray,
We may sense the days are quickly slipping away,
But in truth, each day is a gift, no matter our age,
Our life is much like a book: we just turn the next page,
Each page, each chapter has its own story to impart,
We have the need to read ahead, the ending before the start,
However, one day at a time is a good pace to set,
We won’t cross the bridge we haven’t gotten to yet,
No worries, no dread, no regret, and no fuss,
We will enjoy the “present” God has given to us.
Tammy Harvey
Written: 5/20/2018
Absolutely Beautiful 💟💟💟
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