A Thanksgiving Message ~Cherish Every Moment~

 
                           

Readers this is not my usual entry. Today we celebrate Thanksgiving, though every day should be a day we give thanks, but today is the day we put aside and focus on all those blessings. Some of you who read this are friends already others just found me in their search, so some know what my family has been up against. My uncle Mike was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer about 1 year and half ago. It has been a long road for him and for our family! Last Friday he was rushed to the hospital, he had died and they brought him back and he was being kept alive by a breathing machine and all kinds of tubes and  wires. This Tuesday night he was taken off life support. I watched my uncle take his last breath.

                          I have so many happy memories of him through the years. He had a strange sense of humor that some got and others did not. It’s hard not to cry, as I write this, losing a loved one is never easy, but during the holidays, when it’s all about being with the family and making memories it’s almost unbearable. My thoughts are jumbled and I keep thinking ill see him Sunday at church, he had just started coming to my husbands and my church about 5 months ago and felt right at home. He had been having a bible study with my cousin, just the two of them. He had been searching and asking all kinds of questions and then he said he wanted what we had, that peace, that assurance. When I think about it, he had such commitment and determination to be with his church family every week, even after that short time, he felt right at home, even in his frail health, he so wanted to be there..I think oh ill see him for Christmas, at our family gathering, it hasn't truly hit me yet.
                   I know He is now in his eternal Home, but it hurts. The tears come in waves, I know he loved me and while growing up I was very close to him, then we dint see each other much except at family gatherings or if we all happened to be  at my grandparents house the same time. Over the last year and half, I really tried to connect with him more and I'm so thankful I did. When he was first diagnosed I was scared to face facts, but after talking to someone who gave me some good advice I overcame that, and I realized it was because I was  afraid of losing him. But those we love, we never truly loose, yes they are no longer with us here on earth, but we carry them in our hearts and we know we will be reunited one sweet day with them in paradise.

                The day we shut off life support, it was raining, as if heavens tears cried with us. I know he loved me and I loved him. When I was being his bedside, I rubbed my hand through his hair and held his hand and gave him a kiss on the forehead. I prayed to God that when they turned off life support, that it would be swift and quick, and not take hours or days, and  we watched him breath his last few breaths, his face looked so peaceful, it had gone from a look of trying to hold on to his earthy body to a face of tranquility and peace, letting go and within not even 10 minutes he breathed his last .Yes Tuesday was when life support was turned off, but I know my uncle passed into glory last Friday and was taken into his heavenly fathers embrace and  welcomed home, Jesus looked into his eyes and said Mike welcome child, your suffering is not more.

              So today as we celebrate and count our blessings, cherish every beautiful moment, and are thankful for those in your life, for there are many who have loved ones they miss this holiday. Each moment is but a moment, here today, gone tomorrow, but live it, embrace it before that moment is a memory.

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