Life is Precious {Reminders}

Today started as any normal day. Other than the fact that my children didn't have school. The roads were bad and they called it off. Thank you Mother Nature for the wonderful snow storm! I shoveled, the kids played and the morning ticked away.

And then at 11:29 this morning I was reminded at just how precious life is.

The phone rang, I saw the caller ID. It was my mom. Her calling at this time of the day was strange in itself. And her voice on the other end of the phone made me a tad sick to my stomach. The sound of someone who is not feeling well rang in her voice. She started off by asking how I was doing... strange I thought, she should be at work. She then proceeded to tell me she was calling from the hospital. I shouldn't be worried she proclaimed, but she was having chest pains, shortness of breath and her arm was sore. They had already done an EKG and that had come back normal, but they were going to send her in for an angiogram. She reassured me from the other end of the phone that everything was okay, and I didn't need to come to see her. She didn't want me on the roads.

Later in the afternoon my dad called. They had done the angiogram and had put in a stint. My mind raced. What in the world? How can this be? My mom is nothing but an active woman. The definition of healthy. She eats right, she exercises, she rides horses, she is a spitfire! But.... they had found two blockages, one that required the stint and the other should be able to be treated with medication. My mind still raced, and I had a loss of words... other than "what in the world?! I don't get it."

As the night wore on I got a phone call from my mom. At 6:52 this evening I was once again reminded of how precious life is. I talked to her, she was in high spirits, and her voice wasn't so sick sounding. I could hear the sound of a medical room in the background. The machines beeping... and my mind went to my grandparents... my mothers parents. Who, two years ago, already, had passed away. And all the wonderful genetics that they had passed onto my mother. Causing todays reminder of how precious life really is, and how in one instant things can change forever. Today I am thankful and blessed to have my mother.

I love you mom.

This photo was taken 2 days ago, on Sunday... My mom is in the middle, walking the horse. As her 82 year old aunt takes a ride on a horse.