My Last Day Here
I watched the ambulance leave with my husband. I was all alone with our year old child and a newborn. For a while, I wasn’t sure what to do, didn’t know if he was going to make it, had no idea what was wrong with him. We had no family near nor did we have many friends we could call at a time like this.
The nearest hospital is 20 miles away. It was the longest drive in my life. So many different thoughts running through my head. What am I to do if I lost him?
As a result of that incident, my husband and I are very realistic about life and death. Maybe this post will make you uncomfortable. I sincerely apologize for that. But I think nothing is more of a wake up call than our mortality.
This reminds me of one late night. I was still at work as usual. My husband said to me, “If you don’t spend time nurturing your family today, then there’s no need to worry about tomorrow because what your children will become tomorrow is a result of what you do today. Besides, tomorrow may never come.”
And that’s what I’m trying to remind myself of. I’m going to try my hardest to live like I were dying. I want to look back with no regrets not having done (fill in the blank). Spending all my time working is a surefire way to guarantee regret.
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Lynette reading this post made my eyes fill up with tears as it brought back memories of a time in my life that the same thing happened to my husband. I woke up one morning to find him in a coma on our bathroom floor. I ran him to the hospital being military it was faster for me to take him then wait on an ambulance. To make a long story short we found out his pancreas had shut down and his blood sugar levels were 950, he almost died, he had to have a heart cathetor and other instruments hooked up so he could live. He came out of his coma 3 days later, we were alone, far from family our only friends were leaving that day to move to a new post…
Thank you for sharing…I remember that day often and what a reminder to enjoy each and everyday with our family as we never know when our time on this earth is over…
-Rebekah White
Very true Lynette,
things like that do put things into perspective fast.
I couldn’t have checked in at a better time given my day (I’m home this week with our kids during spring break). Time to spend time with my kids.
Wow Lynette! You know this is a wake up call for many.
My husband almost died in 2003 and my youngest son had two serious issues that could have killed him. You just realize that life is too short to work all the darn time.
Incredibly moving post Lynette – thank you for the reminder of how precious life and love really is.
Hey all. This post is not the easiest one for me. I enjoy my work so very much but sometimes need strong reminders for myself too that all that won’t matter if I lost everything else.
Hubs has cheated death more than once. We are incredibly fortunate. I hope none of you ever have to go through similar experiences. And if you have, hug them closer every day. If you think about it, we are all dying. It’s just a matter of when.