Sudden awful news - reminders of the short ride we're on
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Sudden awful news - reminders of the short ride we're on
My stepmother has extensive stage small cell lung cancer.
That's essentially a death sentence.
We're all issued a death sentence the day we're born, nobody gets out alive. Still, we like to imagine we have 'lots of time'.
When the end comes looming, it comes as a shock and hits hard.
I find myself worrying for my father. I feel his likely grief - his best friend of nearly 40 years will be leaving him soon.
I find myself feeling for her.... staring down her mortality with a prognosis of suffering for the remainder of her days.
I find myself looking back on my years of smoking, drinking, drugging, bad choices..... humbled..... grateful those days are behind me and slightly concerned; do those choices catch back up with me again??
I find myself deeply grateful for sobriety. The ride is so short. There is so much to cherish and experience and there is Love to give and to receive.
To waste even a moment of it drunk, high, hungover, in jail, suffering...... is to throw away a gift.
The ride is so short.......
Cherish it.
That's essentially a death sentence.
We're all issued a death sentence the day we're born, nobody gets out alive. Still, we like to imagine we have 'lots of time'.
When the end comes looming, it comes as a shock and hits hard.
I find myself worrying for my father. I feel his likely grief - his best friend of nearly 40 years will be leaving him soon.
I find myself feeling for her.... staring down her mortality with a prognosis of suffering for the remainder of her days.
I find myself looking back on my years of smoking, drinking, drugging, bad choices..... humbled..... grateful those days are behind me and slightly concerned; do those choices catch back up with me again??
I find myself deeply grateful for sobriety. The ride is so short. There is so much to cherish and experience and there is Love to give and to receive.
To waste even a moment of it drunk, high, hungover, in jail, suffering...... is to throw away a gift.
The ride is so short.......
Cherish it.
The road goes on forever
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Sorry to hear ..
But thank you for posting your thoughts.
Especially the part about ..
Life is short.. why go through any of it drunk or stoned out.
Best to you and your family.
But thank you for posting your thoughts.
Especially the part about ..
Life is short.. why go through any of it drunk or stoned out.
Best to you and your family.
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