What happens when 10 years go by...

As I sit outside on my lovely patio, watching the sun set over the water... observing the colors change so ever delicately yet with such power... I reflect on yesterday's event.  10 years!!! One may ask what I am talking about and WHY do I have a picture of a daffodil when it's January.  

I swore, while at Trader Joe's noticing they had daffodils for sale, I was NOT going to buy them till closer to spring... or God forbid, at least till Valentine's Day, full of red and pink and white... was over and done with; however,  as January 19th approached, I reflected on 10 years ago... 10 years when my dad lost his battle to cancer.  Daffodils were his favorite flower and in some way, buying them helped me to celebrate his life... to celebrate his GAIN of life.  Though he may not be hear to talk to anymore... his legacy lives on and on... his laughter and jolly cheeks, his looooooong conversations to strangers and his endless pursuit in making the next sale or network marketing scheme work... his fishing and hunting and long days in the cold... bringing in "trees" of wood for the winter and dusting off the plow in the spring....   Oh how I miss him... how I wish I could hug him one more time or have him see my artwork grow (him being one of the biggest encouragers in my life). and for him to meet the love of my life... now my biggest encourager.  

As I look up to the sky.. now pale blue with a fleshy pink in the horizon... mountains starting to turn purple and sparkle with joy.... I think about the life that moves on... the daffodils that come every spring to remind me not only of my love for dad... but of the love that keeps getting passed from generation to generation.  

I hope that TODAY you will take this moment to reflect on those whom have supported and encouraged you the most... to thank them, do something special with them...

... and tell them that you LOVE them!!