Savoring the Moment
Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. --Ernest Hemingway My youngest child asked as we were laying in bed together in the dark, "Mommy, do you think you're gonna die?" Ugh, the pain...my heart broke into pieces. I cried silently. Good thing it was dark in the room that he wasn't be able to see me cry. He asked again, "What if you die in your sleep?" The fact that those questions are not just a part of normal developmental curiosity but have real life relevancy to my little boy breaks my heart. He attended a workshop for kids with parents with cancer a couple of days ago. He is now able to connect and ask questions about death with me. His anxious heart for what might happen, and the guilt that someh...