Time...Life's Most Precious Commodity

Its been a minute...or a couple of months, since I blogged last. There's been a lot going on. Good and bad.

This year I decided to make my New Years resolution a totally doable one.

I decided to live every single day by this quote:

We've lost some really good friends this past year.

It wasn't fun.

We've had friends receive devastating news.

Not fun either.

For us, and especially for them.

Then we lost our sweet Ham...

and my brother lost his sweet Dobe, Damon...to cancer.

But (and) on top of that...

we're also settling into our forever home, and loving it more each and every day.

Our ten year journey through the (seemingly) endless financial abyss finally ended.

And we all survived.

None of us any worse for the wear.

Our home isn't fancy, but is oh so homey.

I turn sixty this year.

I tend to go to a lot more funerals than parties.

Sad, but true fact.

Moving to Orlando was a huge step out of the box for this Georgia Cracker.

My sister, my best friend for over half a decade  (always fifteen minutes away) was now a seven hour car ride away.

It has been a hard transistion, for us both...

but blood is thicker than water.

Just this past weekend, one of my sisters' former classmates from high school died suddenly from a heart attack. The same weekend, a dear friend of mine from high school lost her husband the same way, just as suddenly.

Life doesn't come with any guarantees,

that's for sure.

I also think about how hateful and judgemental people tend be, in these most tumultuous times, yet claim themselves to be stalwart Christians.

I'm not really sure they read the rule book 

(aka)

The Book.

MY God, loves every single person...unconditionally.

He may not always give you the answer you want, but He always gives you the answer you need.

And by the way, 

Don't overthink life. Don't categorize it...we could have all easily been born into a totally different category. Why should people  judge you, for where you got plopped down into life, without being asked?

It's not like you get to make a reservation from the uterus.

 If religion isn't your bag, that's okay too...it's your call.

Just be a good person.

We're all the same on the inside.

Regardless of color, orientation, religion or belief.

If you feel differently, that's okay...

I can still love you, and  should.

What 2020 holds is beyond any of our comprehension.

You simply have to roll with life, one day at a time...

and feel grateful if you wake up to another day.

Till next time...COTTON