Death.
The moments in between.
I'm thinking about that today... It's just some light stuff to mull over.
Life.
Birth.
Beginnings.
The first hello.
Our extended family extended further last night with the addition of a new little girl. An angel faced 7pd 4oz bundle of perfection. My niece. Bayleigh Addison. What a sweet name for a sweetheart.
She is a breath of fresh air into the tough times we have all been walking through.
She is a reminder of the beauty that is life and wonder.
And then there is the other end of the spectrum.
Death.
Endings.
The last goodbyes.
Our extended family said goodbye to Nana two years ago today. Dates and times don't mean that we miss her any more or less. It's a marker. A way to measure the moments that she has not been here. A way to take stock of the distance we have come from that final earthly goodbye.
And in the middle ground-
The moments in between.
Some of the moments are breathtaking in their beauty and some moments are gut wrenching in their pain.
Some moments pass by so fast that you are left spinning in the tailwind and some moments seem to freeze in time.
I am sitting,waiting by a hospital bed in a recovery ward.
Again.
The beep and whir of machines has become a familiar tune.
I'm in a moment.
And I am reminded that this is a moment.
This is nothing more than a moment.
A moment in between.
Between diagnosis and treatment.
Between leaving the boys and returning to the boys.
Between packing our belongings and unpacking our belongings.
Between not knowing where we will end up and arriving at where we will end up.
Between believing for a miracle and seeing a miracle.
The moments in between.
Something profound can happen in these moments.
Greatness in this world has been achieved by people who found purpose in the moments in between.
Moses was in a moment in between.
He was in between being an on the run fugitive and a leader who changed the face of a nation. He was in a moment in between.
He was in a desert.
In between being a prince and being a patriarch.
In between being incapable and being able.
And in his moment in between he came face to face with God.
Face to face.
And it wasn't when he was a prince. It wasn't when he was a leader of a million.
It was when he was in that moment.
That moment in between.
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