Observation #1

I'm a church going kind of girl. But this isn't about that. This is about a book that one of our leaders gave to each young woman in the class. The book, titled "It's Good to be Alive", was about a father of 3 that was paralyzed from the head down after an accident while he was surfing in California. After the accident, he can no longer breathe, or even speak by himself. He has to have a machine take in air for him, but he still has no way of communicating.
Hard, wouldn't it be?
He had a different outlook on it.
Every week since that fatal day, he has sent emails to his family and friends that are simply titled "Observation #X". He would send these as what he learned from only being able to blink his eyelashes day in and day out.
So I thought. Maybe that's not such a bad idea. Maybe I should try that. Stop focusing on all the horrible in my life and try to focus on the good. Give a little advice to those who have lived a little less than myself. So here I am.
Observation #1 - Don't ever take anything for granted. It sounds cliche. Stupid to say. I don't care. But it sucks like nothing else when you have something or someone you think you're gonna have forever and they walk away. Go tell your friends and family that you love them. Tell them they mean everything to you. Call up your long distance friends (don't message them in Facebook or text them. CALL.) and tell them you miss them. Send someone a letter in the mail. Because you never know when it might be too late to do so.
Little Miss Erika