“Stay Afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.” ~ Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher died today. I don’t think I realized what an impact she had on so many of my generation, me included. She was only 60. That’s not much older than I am right now and it’s definitely too young. George Michael died on Christmas Day for pity sake, and he was only 53! 2016 has been an incredibly sad year for many people I know, so every time I hear about someone dying, particularly someone way too young to die, I think about how fortunate I’ve been to have my parents with me this long, and how I’ve been fortunate to have the majority of my aunts and uncles with me this long. Thanks be to God all my cousins are still living and having babies of their own. This is mom and dad with dad’s sister Mabel, her granddaughter Katy, and Katy’s son, and the newest edition to the Terry clan, Bryson.
I will cherish the family I have for as long as I’m blessed to have them. And when they’re gone, in the words of my friend Jeff Suchanek, I’ll simply remember that they’re “not gone, just gone ahead.” Here’s to 2017 being a little less about death and a little more about living.
Rick Hayes
I am right there with you, Sis. We apent so much time together growing up, we are family. I do miss the holiday meals with marathon prayers and creatively watching.the Sound of Music. Say hi to folks and the Terrys. Miss you and I can”t anymore people dying in 2017. As I have gotten older my is getting smaller. Thank God for Rick my.husbear and my blood family.
Kopana
We had such a good life together, you and I. You’re a true blessing to me.