Let's Count Our Blessings

That's terrible steph. That adrenalin must have kicked in with you, as just thinking about something happening to my husband makes me freeze up. Just the thought of losing him, and being left with the little children would be enough to put me over the top.

I'm glad that all worked out well and I hope it never recurs.

Wow, me too, Stephanie.  That must have been so scary.  I'm glad it all worked out.  What I've noticed about incidents that rock your world like that is - how you react is your choice.  I think I heard someone say once that how our lives turn out depends 10% on what happens to us and 90% on how we react to it.  And usually when people say that something good came out of something bad, it's because they "counted their blessings."  The old attitude of gratitude.  It really can color the entire way you look at life.

 You people have no idea...after my great aunt died, my mother passed on followed by...my grandfather,, my grandmother, all my uncles and aunts on my dad's side,(six of them)  all my mother's sister'sand brother's, (five) except perhaps one, his wife died instead, but he has heart disease..several old  family historians  I use to write to constantly, one young male cousin, of my old neighbors growgin up, both of them, and their daughter's young husband, and three neighbors now, one from cancer the other two from accidents before they hardly got an chance to know what being "of age" ever really meant, nieghbor up the street, her dad, across from them, an young girl, three neighbors up the street other way also, their house is still for sale, the little girl whom I raised, her grand-parents, my hubby's best friend at work for 30 years, and another one of the office staff, she died of cancer, my best friend's only son, and both her parents, my long time doctor by now is most likely passed on, but he retired out of my life prior to that, my old adminsitrator's/bosses, whom were friends also in ways..in the medical field, my mother's first cousin, whom after my mother died kind of filled her shoes in being with me as I gave birth to my son,knowing I was kind of by myself "family wise"in ways with birthing my first child, both her and her hubby have died....the list just goes on an on, two brother in-law's recently,one last winter... but I remember something that one of the family historian's had said to me in an letter....it acelerates after age 50 for some reason, and keep's going until its eventually yourself...so make the best of life while "God" allows it. This hardly represents my many loved pets through the years also. Until my mother passed on.....I'd never been to an funeral. I get to feeling at times that I should of become an "florist" at times for the flowers I've sent...also lost an very young neice of my huband's also, though I've known her longer then I have him. almost lost myself here recently...but trying to stay alive for me is still an on going thing daily at times.Plus I lost another goodfriend in the past from colon cancer...almost forgot about "Ann"..we traveleld the USA one summer together her motorhome with our kids. Yes, I could use an reprive from it all at times. Hubby's younger sister has had both breast's removed and now cancer is going through her body also.

I'm so sorry, Shirley.  That's a lot of sorrow to heal from.  But like you said, "so make the best of life while "God" allows it.  You seem like the kind of person who is able to keep her chin up.  God bless.

I came across this video while surfing around, maybe I should count living in this area with this climate as one of my blessings.

Allthough it does not show Bawley Point, all the paces are not very far from where I live.

           http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=9kkkpxiAN_A

The bloke giving the comentary almost sounds like an ex-pom.