JeJe (My Niece)
To capture the essence of “now.” That is the goal of Snapshot Sundays! I love that concept. NOW is all we have really. It may sound trite, cliched, but it is so true. My work as an Intensive Care Nurse has made me ever so much more aware that this moment is life. It is what we have been waiting for, saving for, hoping for. Tomorrow is not guaranteed. I can’t count the times when I have spent my night working feverishly over the bed of someone who simply left that morning to go to the store and find themselves that evening unconscious, on life-support. Dependent on God…on me, for their next breath, their next heart beat.
All this reminds me to take this moment and grasp it, live, it, appreciate it. My family and I went to the pool recently. This picture is of my niece JeJe enjoying the sun, the cool water. Splashing and living each moment. I am so happy to be with them.
I long for the day that I can take my babies to the pool. To worry about sunscreen, and hydration, and shade. But I was reminded that that day will come and I don’t want to waste these days in the waiting.
So, I thank God for these mommies-less moments. Because they too are a gift….
