Reenie's Ramblings

 "This too shall pass". This is often said as a way to encourage people going through something difficult. A kind reminder that it won't be this difficult forever, it will pass. Recently I thought of this in a different way. This too shall pass in reference to positive experiences. This may seem heavy or negative, but hear me out. Everything passes. Everything is temporary. What this means to me is that it is imperative that I savor the moments that are blissful. It's important that I cherish the friendships that are meaningful and bring joy. It means that you don't know how long you have what you have, so appreciate it. The good, the bad, the hard,  it shall pass. I look back at times in life that felt like they were taking a long time and the struggles that came with that. They're in the past now. I reflect on relationships I had that were for a season. I didn't know they were just for a season at the time, but that connection has passed. The lesson for

After my Dad died, I made a promise to myself that I wouldn't wait to tell people what they meant to me. It seemed that when people die, that's when everyone shares how they've touched their lives. Why not share that when they are alive to hear it? So I wrote a few blogs about a few people and started making an effort to tell people what they meant to me in person or via messages/letters etc. I haven't been as good at that in more recent years but want to get back to it. Recently, someone went "mama bear" on my behalf, and I was overwhelmed with her love and protectiveness of my heart. It is extra sweet because it wasn't always this way. We became connected because I married her brother. In the beginning, she didn't really have much time for me, and I wasn't sure what to think of her. Over the years, experiences brought separation, but then there were experiences that brought us close together. There were moments where we hurt one another, not inte