The tornado in Moore devastated individuals, couples, families, and communities. People whose homes were obliterated were in shock and sad, but relieved and glad that their family had survived. I can't even imagine what that was like f...
The tornado in Moore devastated individuals, couples, families, and communities. People whose homes were obliterated were in shock and sad, but relieved and glad that their family had survived. I can't even imagine what that was like for those people and their children. I continue to hold them all in my thoughts and prayers.Tragedies like this have a way of putting things in a different perspective. People left home that day assuming at night their day would be like other days. But it wasn't. So many lost their homes. They lost precious mementos and photographs. Some lost family family members. All in less than one hour.I remember a story someone told me about his family rushing out after breakfast, each going off to school or work. That day his mother died. 20 years later he was telling me that to this day he still wished he had told her "I love you" one more time before he rushed out for school.If you left for work tomorrow and came home only to discover that your home was just a pile of rubble, what, if any, regret would you have? If one of your family members or friends did not make it home tomorrow because of some tragedy, what, if anything, would you regret? What are those little things you don't say to your partner because you rush, or multi-task, or are mad because he or she left her dirty clothes on the bedroom floor?Tragedies like this remind me to take time to say "I love you" or "I'm so happy we are together" or "I'll be thinking of you today" in the morning, or when I leave home to go to the grocery store. I've thought of it when I've heard of someone diagnosed with a potentially fatally disease, or how someone's child or spouse was killed in a car accident. Even when you are stressed or annoyed, don't miss opportunities to remind those people you love that you DO love them, that you treasure their presence in your life. Take time to be together, to make sacred some of those moments of just being together and in verbal and non-verbal ways "I love you, I value you, I treasure you." Never miss an opportunity.
