Appreciate

Hi everyone,

Ive been meaning to post for the past few days now but i havent had a chance to sit by a computer. School has started again and with the girls being sick and all i havent had much time to do anything really!

Anyway as you all know im in school studying psychology. Im doing my practicum at JMH this semester and will be there for a year and hopefully apply for internship and stay there. Its an absolutely amazing experience, I honestly dont know how to explain it but its great!

With being there for the past few weeks now i see a lot of tragic things that happen to people. I deal a lot with TBI patients (Traumatic Brain Injury) a lot of them have either been hit by cars, shot, fell etc...its really any time of blunt force to the head that can cause damage.

My point in explaining all of this is that ive come to realize how these lives ive seen most have been cut short. Even though i havent witnessed any of my patients die, (THANK GOD) they will probably never live the same lives again. There are a few in the crowd that get lucky and have a full recovery as if the incident never occurred but there are the others that just never really regain the full capacity of living they had before and that my friends is my point.

This type of experience makes me look into my own life and value all that i have. Even though im constantly looking for ways to better myself or give more to my kids, i can stop now and attend to the detail. The fact that even though my grandmother is sick that she has a chronic kidney disease, god has given her a chance for transplant and with the grace of god will get past this obstacle in life. That i have a healthy family and loving parents. That even though my father is not part of my life i can say that its not my fault and still forgive him for all that he has done. That my husband is a caring man and a wonderful human being with such a kind heart and loving soul. That my kids are healthy, smart, beautiful and full of joy and laughter. By far those are the beautiful things we all dont think about everyday but they are there.

We all have lives, we are all humans, we fight, we love, we cry, we smile, we are capable of almost everything, except for flying ( give it a few years some nut case scientist will fly soon LOL!) Anyway, dont spend time being angry with people, dont spenmd time stressing and working your brain to the rotten core for something that isnt worth it. Life is only one and we must live it like if it was our last day here.

Many of my patients got up in the morning and left their home thinking that it would be a regular day, some of them to never return. I want you all to take into account all the wonderful thingas you have in life and not focus so much on what is missing and what you havent been able to obtain yet. Be grateful, say thank you, love one another and remind everyone you love that you love them. Nothing is certain in this world but one thing and thats death.

If you set your mind to obtain something stop waisting time and go get it, dont procrastinate, dont leave things undone, have fun, go out, eat your favorite foods every once and a while, enjoy yourself and remember to always be true to you!

So i end this topic with, be FREE, LOVE, LIVE and LAUGH! Tomorrow is not certain!

XOXO
Daema