Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Do not take anyone in your life for granted.

I am writing this post on December 2nd. Such is the wonder of WordPress and all that.

It happens that Christmas Day falls on a Thursday this year, and Thursday is one of the days of the week that I post to this blog. Hence, something different.

There are people who are important to me who I saw last year at Christmas, but I won’t see this year. They died unexpectedly during the year.

Then there is my mother. She suffers from dementia. My wish for Christmas this year—a wish not granted—is that I could spend an hour talking to my mother with her full mental faculties. I wish I could tell her about the last five years and share with her the joy of life these five years.

This hasn’t been a very happy Christmas Day blog post, has it? We all have people who are important in our lives—I wish that on everyone. Nothing and no one guarantees that any of these people will be here to see the next Christmas or even the next dawn. Never take these people for granted.