The post that was long overdue......

Yeah, I know, I should have had these up the day after, but instead I'm posting 3 weeks after the event! I tried to post this several times but this little thing called LIFE kept changing my agenda :) So here we go....finally!

Here Ye! Here Ye! I am now an older sister to 2 grade school graduates!!!! Here are the pictures along with a funny vid that I took a while ago and have been just DYING to put up here :)

After seeing my sisters pass such a wonderful life marker I couldn't stop thinking about how truly short life is! We live like we have all the time in the world, but really we barely have any time at all! Last week we attened the funeral of my dad's aunt. They had some wonderful pictures up, some from when she was very young, back in Ireland, some when she was a young woman, and then a mother and grandmother. You don't think how much time you spent, until it's gone and all you have to show for it are memories, sometimes a few pictures, a snapshot of 1 piece of your life, forever frozen on paper, but unable to ever be lived or felt again.

We were at my grandparents house, and they gave us a few old pictures. This was one of them.

At first it was just so cool to see our grandparents young, our great grandparents and even our great, great grandmother! But after studying this picture again, I suddenly felt very sad. Why? Because almost everyone in this picture (with the exception of my grandfather- the one with glasses- and the 2 little kids) has died. And the ones who haven't, are no longer young and carefree. It makes you see life in a whole new perspective. One day we're young, and then, somehow, only a couple years later, we're not.

Another thing is that, whether we know it or not, we are ALL going to leave a legacy behind. Everyone of us. But now what is that legacy going to look like? I was thinking about this one day and scribbled this little poem on a sheet of paper that happened to sit nearby. Comment on it if you want, but more then that, I hope it makes you think, good and hard about your own life. You aren't going to have it forever. And someday you'll be called to take account for everything you've ever done, said or thought. Think about that when you read this.

Another day has passed away,

Another hour is no more

Soon tomorrow will be yesturday

As you pass through another door

So many mornings already met,

So many sunsets already left,

Never again will this moment pass

It's gone forever,

It will never come back

Each hour is special

Each day unique

It's a new chance to follow

A new chance to lead

Treasure it always and never forget

God gave you this gift

Don't make Him regret!

Forever and Always,

-Sarah