Earlier I was writing. Then the Internet connection died, and I can't find my draft. That could be a good thing. I was pouring out my heart, probably not so good--and not much fun for you to read.
I have friends and acquaintances who have had tragedies and difficulties in their lives this week--dear friends who lost a dog to cancer, who in a bit over a year had become an integral member of their family, a friend who underwent her second surgery for breast cancer, difficult though it appears it hasn't spread, and a church friend/acquaintance who died Monday after suffering a stroke at her home on Friday evening and wasn't found until Sunday night--and she was only a year older than me and hadn't been in bad health.
My recent automobile accident made me realize that we never know what a few minutes, hours or days will bring. The church friend's death was yet another wake-up, reminding me that the things I plan to do in the future need to begin now.
I did rearrange my writing/office to make it easy to decide to paint. It gives me hope to see the blank wall covered with plastic on which I have put a small canvas on which to paint.
I've been using "all the tough insights" that have surfaced since the accident, the painful awakening that I can't count on family here, and that my friends who can really be there for me when times get tough mostly don't live in Boulder or Boulder County, as excuses for not writing or painting or getting my proposed website together.
This is also about to be fall in Colorado. Fall and fall colors here are short lived. The first Boulder snows usually come in mid-October, and while there is hiking time after that, it is usually lower hikes as snow melts and refreezes on higher paths, making shady paths treacherous. Now is the time to get out and enjoy nature.
Enjoy the moment!
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