It is funny how that sometimes it takes a crisis such as a severe illness, or death of a loved one to get us to take notice our of lives, and perhaps our mortality.

My life philosophy is that this is not a dress rehearsal for life...I don't get to go back and do everything right 'next time'. There is no next time...this is it. Don't be one of those people who at 65 years of age says, 'gee, I wish I had [fill in the blank] 20 years ago', or whenever.

You can never regain the time that has passed. You can not go back and enjoy your childrens youth once they are grown. Too late then. And we never know when our own 'end' will be, but it will probably be before we did all the things we really wanted to do.

Enjoy life now, everyday!