We have one life!

Man- this one is a hard one to swallow for me.

Sometimes we joke and laugh to deal with reality to deal with things that have to be dealt with. This past week, the end of the week my eyes were opened to just how much we take for granted every day. From the breath we breathe to the people in our lives our family our friends our jobs and the list goes on.

I got to tell you that I never In a million years thought personally I would be faced with something to change how I looked at every day life! 

Many people have asked on the side about something that happened last Friday. I found I really wasn't taking in what happened and it wasn't until I sat by myself and prayed about it and thought about it thought about the entire situation that it really hit me.  On Friday as I was towards the end of my workout in physical therapy for my knee. I found myself fatigued lightheaded dizzy and ready to pass out. After I trying to catch my breath for about 10 minutes I asked my trainer to go get the doctor (who's a friend of mine) on the other side of the building. End result without me going into details as to what took place over the next 20 minutes I was transported by ambulance to the emergency room where my resting blood pressure was 190/120 and obviously we all know that is high. The next few days and nights have been scary and I think we can agree why. Something As simple as getting up to go to the bathroom, I find myself out of breath.

 I'm reminded we are given one life one precious life to live and nothing is worth your life. Nothing is worth sacrificing your life on a daily basis in regards to unhealthy lifestyle choices. Where typically I would be jumping up-and-down to work out, to exercise, to be on the move, to be doing something.  For the  first time in nearly 36 years of my life I'm sitting back because it's OK.  Because in what short amount of time off, it is nothing compared to a lifetime Of not being a mom to my boys.   We joke all the time about putting pride aside and not being selfish in life and so much much more. The cold hard reality right now for me is that I've joked in the past that I had to swallow my pride for this or that.  Well excuse my mouth but screw pride screw competitive competition and so much more. By all means I have not lost my competitive nature or my drive for life. Instead I've gained so much more. Nothing is worth not waking up to my children every day. So yes I'm taking a break from a lot of things and yes it is still hard for me to do so.  But what is important now is that I'm taking care of myself, I'm getting healthy and getting things where they need to be so that Weatherbee three weeks or six months from now not only am I able to jump back in feet first but I'm also able to wake up every day being a mom to two amazing boys that I can't imagine not being there for.  

Our health, our bodies... We have one life!  One life!  Don't take your life for granted!