Each day of life is a gift...

I have come to understand this in such an awesome way. I went to a memorial service for a family member of one of my student's yesterday. (His family is one that is close to ours.) As I watched pictures of this woman's life roll across the screen of the slide show on to the screen, I saw the legacy she left.... in a church filled to the brim with people she impacted and touched, I stood there, (there was only standing room left when we arrived) and it was so obvious that her life was for others and not just for herself. I was overcome with the pictures because in every one she was smiling and laughing and enjoying her awesome children. She left this legacy behind her...and I began to wonder what was I putting into my children...my family.... Will I be remembered for being a loving fun wife, and mother, or will I be remembered as a hag?
I hope to instill so many awesome memories with them... In the end of it all, what matters is your relationship with the God you will spend eternity with, your family and your friends. I want to invest myself into what is important, not things that will fade away....I wake up and thank the Lord for another gift of life, another opportunity to do His work, and how thankful I am that I am given the blessings that I have been given...