One Life to Live

I know it's been a long time; I’ve been really busy lately. What brings me to write tonight? Well, I'm sitting here watching Rocky Balboa. As a kid I grew up watching all of the Rocky movies and never really dove into it that much. I recently lost my grandmother and there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think about her and what she taught me throughout our years together.

As I watch this movie, I am reminded that we never know how long we have. I imagined grandma being around forever. I had dreams of her being around when I graduated college, when I get married, etc. but that isn’t going to happen. I can still see her in the kitchen cooking anything and everything. If there was ever one person that put her heart and soul into cooking for her family and friends it was grandma. It’s still hard for me to go to their house and visit gramps and not see her there behind her stove. She loved it. That’s all she did day after day. It’s what she loved to do.

This brings me to my point. Cherish the time you have on this earth. Make everyday count. Make a difference in the lives of other people. Do your best to leave a positive mark while you’re here because you never know how long you have. Gram and gramps were married for 62 years. They always helped other people, their family, and friends before themselves. She taught me many valuable things and even her passing has taught me something. You only have one life to live, so make a difference, care for the people around you, and give what you can to them, society, and life. I think you’ll find that in the end it will be very rewarding to sit back and say that you gave it all you could.

I love you grandma! We will meet again someday!