Another open bit to my kids, thoughts scribbled down for posterity, these of a different sort, not on responsibility and carrying your own weight,

This on weight of a different kind,

On coping with life and death, in particular, their Grammy, my mom, departed this earth two days ago, finally released from a body that long weighed her down,

And the kids have known it was coming, we’ve talked some about it off and on, they saw her last a few weeks ago, I told them the news the next morning,

So I think I want simply capture here the central idea that we need to be in the present and love in the present, even as we plan and plot futures, right now is what we have,

And we know not the hour of the day we will be called home, when our lives will come to close, so tell those we love we love them, and live deeply as often as you can, and do now, as you can, for life is a gift,

Life is a gift, and let that not weigh you down with heavy but rather inspire you with light, and shine bright and for others when you can,

And live and laugh and love now, and with reverence,

Life is a gift.