live every day like your last
this morning i was running out the door. first i kissed gary as he was getting ready. then i kissed luci goodbye, but she didn't look at me. that's how she copes when she's upset that i have to work. lijah was asleep on the couch. i had exactly 14 minutes to get to the o.r. across town. i was halfway out the door before i ran back in and kissed him on the cheek. you just never know, i thought as i left. weirdly morbid, yes, but i was in such a hurry i didn't think about it the rest of the day.
surgeries went better than planned, so i started getting ready to go home at 4pm. when i know it's time to go home i always imagine the kids waiting for me. i left the parking garage and started driving at a normal pace. sixpence none the richer was on the radio and it brought me back to nostalgic times at the townhouse, when i wasn't quite sure what i wanted to do with my life.
suddenly i noticed a van heading in my direction, in oncoming traffic. see, instead of this person going past the gas station then doing a michigan u-turn to get to it, she tried to dart across five lanes of traffic, even if the last three lanes (including mine) were against traffic. bottom line is i was almost t-boned at the driver door with her van going 40 mph, and while she was looking over her shoulder to make sure traffic was clear from another angle. but i stepped on the gas and swerved, avoiding collision. for the first 5 minutes i was fuming. what a stupid moron. what a jerk. what an incompetent self-centered excuse for a human being. then it dawned on me. i'm lucky to be driving home to see my kids. it's the kind of day when you don't expect to get bad news. it's 75 degrees, partially humid, overall sunny, and we've got dinner plans at 7pm at pizza house for a friend's birthday.
so instead i'll recount the wonderful memories i've been blessed with, and i'm thankful i'm still here to be a wife and mommy. i'm glad it's not my time... yet.
top 10 luci-lijahisms
1. lij saying "uh oh, ashes" when he sees someone fall
2. luci drawing a picture of gary naked during preschool (you can clearly see the schlong)
3. luci flying her dora kite at the park
4. luci afraid of worms too (like mommy)
5. lij throttling the bluegill we caught at the park with luci's barbie fishing pole
6. luci bravely handling the aforementioned bluegill and placing it into a bucket
7. lij gently rubbing noses with luci and kissing her while she's asleep
8. lij's obligatory skin-to-skin contact (preferably his hand on your tummy) during a bottle
9. luci getting down on her knees and praying to Daddy God that sam and frodo baggins will successfully fight off the gigantic spider in return of the king
10. luci learning more parts of the rosary
surgeries went better than planned, so i started getting ready to go home at 4pm. when i know it's time to go home i always imagine the kids waiting for me. i left the parking garage and started driving at a normal pace. sixpence none the richer was on the radio and it brought me back to nostalgic times at the townhouse, when i wasn't quite sure what i wanted to do with my life.
suddenly i noticed a van heading in my direction, in oncoming traffic. see, instead of this person going past the gas station then doing a michigan u-turn to get to it, she tried to dart across five lanes of traffic, even if the last three lanes (including mine) were against traffic. bottom line is i was almost t-boned at the driver door with her van going 40 mph, and while she was looking over her shoulder to make sure traffic was clear from another angle. but i stepped on the gas and swerved, avoiding collision. for the first 5 minutes i was fuming. what a stupid moron. what a jerk. what an incompetent self-centered excuse for a human being. then it dawned on me. i'm lucky to be driving home to see my kids. it's the kind of day when you don't expect to get bad news. it's 75 degrees, partially humid, overall sunny, and we've got dinner plans at 7pm at pizza house for a friend's birthday.
so instead i'll recount the wonderful memories i've been blessed with, and i'm thankful i'm still here to be a wife and mommy. i'm glad it's not my time... yet.
top 10 luci-lijahisms
1. lij saying "uh oh, ashes" when he sees someone fall
2. luci drawing a picture of gary naked during preschool (you can clearly see the schlong)
3. luci flying her dora kite at the park
4. luci afraid of worms too (like mommy)
5. lij throttling the bluegill we caught at the park with luci's barbie fishing pole
6. luci bravely handling the aforementioned bluegill and placing it into a bucket
7. lij gently rubbing noses with luci and kissing her while she's asleep
8. lij's obligatory skin-to-skin contact (preferably his hand on your tummy) during a bottle
9. luci getting down on her knees and praying to Daddy God that sam and frodo baggins will successfully fight off the gigantic spider in return of the king
10. luci learning more parts of the rosary
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