A Second Chance

A few short weeks ago, I stared death in the face.

I didn’t realize it then but now that reality has sunk in, I realize something very important: I’ve been given a second chance.

Death almost came knocking on my door, nearly making my children motherless and my husband a widower.

Since the incident, I’ve had time to think about a lot of things and can say without question these five things:

I want to be more present in the moment. I want to disconnect more often and make sure I experience every moment I’m living in this crazy world we live in.

I want to be more grateful. Sometimes I do too much and feel overwhelmed and forget that I get to be a mom and work and travel. Balancing has never been easy, but I manage.

I want to make sure everyone I love knows. It’s easy to go long periods without picking up the phone or dropping an email, or better yet, making IRL plans, with the people I care about. I need to rectify this, as I don’t ever want to die without the opportunity to have recently told the important people in my life what they mean to me.

I want to slow down. I’ve been working fast and furiously to achieve certain goals with life speeding by in the background and my kids growing up too fast. Time to pull back the reigns.

I want to stay clear of danger. Many moms have asked me how I could have been so careless in conversations about what happened and it has me thinking.

On that note, I’ll end this post.

Have you ever had death flash before your eyes? What did you see and what did you learn from getting a second chance?