Hold On Tightly

I'm sure hoping you had a blessed week. I certainly did.

Do you realize that we are still here to fulfill our mission in this life? Wow!!! What an awesome activity in life - a mission that has been given us to fulfill. Some people are still trying to figure out what that mission might be, while others are basking in the glow of fulfillment.

I truly believe that we are here until our mission is complete. I do not believe we leave this earth one minute before we are supposed to go. Some missions are short, others take a while. Not knowing when the mission is complete is reason enough for me to hold on tightly.

I have a friend who has breast cancer. Those are such ugly words to us. I saw her Friday and was about to tell her how wonderful she is looking (she really is) and she told me that her doctor informed her of another cancerous area in her lymph nodes. I just wanted to fall down! But, I looked at her face and although she said she felt good but just wanted to feel sappy (or something to that effect) I realized that she was holding on tightly to life. She is such an encouragement to me. I admire her strength as a woman and an administrator. She has knowledge that surpasses the best of them, yet she is very humble about who she is, where she comes from and what she has accomplished. How in the world could this have happened to her? She walks around all the time with a smile on her face, trying to make everyone else feel good. She does not complain.

I see her hold on tightly to her children and the joy they bring her. I see her holding on tightly to the work assigned to her and doing it when she might not feel like doing it. I see her setting up conferences for others at a time when she might just want to take a minute out for herself. I see her holding on tightly because it is somehow bringing her joy.

She makes me want to hold on tightly to all that is precious in this life. She makes me want to hold on tightly when it gets rough during the day and night. She makes me want to hold on tightly when it seems that I am all alone, that no one cares whether I feel good or bad. She makes me want to hold on tightly when the sun shines and when it does not. She makes me want to hold on tightly when I fell like I just cannot get up out of the bed.

Thank you, Sue, for blessing me to see where I need to grown and hold on tightly. Thank you, Sue, for being in my life and fulfilling one of your missions that deals with me. Thank you, Sue, for just being yourself and appreciating everyday and every opportunity. Thank you for not keeping yourself a secret. Thank you for leading by example and showing me how to hold on tightly.

As the song says, "You're simply the best. Better than all the rest". I love you, my friend.