Has it really been a week since my last post?
I've had periods before when my appearances at SoCal Mom were sparse, but that usually means that I've been busy writing posts elsewhere.
This week is different. My time has been dominated by preparations for the MOMocrats to attend the Democratic National Convention, doing car pool duty to and from Megan's new gym, administering the blog for my sister's company and completing virtual assistant tasks for my new employer.
I've had no time to write on any of the blogs I contribute to, including my own. My brain is so scattered, I feel like I can't even think. I definitely feel incapable of stringing my words together into coherent ideas.
And yet, there's a lot on my mind. Two days ago, I was shocked to learn of the sudden death of Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones. She was going to be a speaker at one of the events I'll be attending next week in Denver, and I'd been looking forward to hearing her.
That night, I received the sad news that a woman I'd known from our elementary school PTA is in the final stages of a cancer she's been valiantly fighting for years.
These sad events affect me a lot more than they would have 20 years ago. Maybe it's because I'm no longer young and I finally understand that I'm not going to live forever. Of course, everyone KNOWS that. But when I was in my 20's and 30's, my first reaction when I hear of someone dying of a brain hemorrhage or contracting cancer is "That's not going to happen to me" -- or at least, "That's not a danger to me for many years."
Many years have passed. And my mantra now is "There but for the grace of God go I."
I have no business flying to Denver on Sunday and leaving my family for a week. Megan's Bat Mitzvah training begins on Tuesday; I am missing a parent orientation. Her gymnastics trainings moves to afternoons and evenings - I am relying on others to get her there after watching her all day. It's going to cost me quite a bit of money out of pocket at a time when I've been trying to cut DOWN on expenses (an exercise that's not going all that well - hence, taking on the VA job with the beauty company).
But life is short. You can spend all your time on "shoulds" and "should nots," but when you have the opportunity to be part of something so much bigger than yourself, and witness history while you are at it... I just think you need to grab that opportunity and I think you need to run with it.
I'll see you here next month.
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