Appreciating family

I know, I know it takes me forever to blog. Well, a few weeks ago, when I was ready to take on the holiday shopping season ... a friend was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. She is 30 and has 4 young children. It has been just over a week since her surgery and next week she starts her chemo and radiation therapy. She was told that she has at least 10 nodes positive. My heart aches for her and her family. I just can't imagine. Every time I think about it and it gets me upset(like now). My husband works in oncology, he deciphers the disease facts to me. I'm not sure if that's a good thing???

Since this info came to me I am realizing the importance of my life. I am not ill, but I want to absorb every moment with my kids and family instead of just letting them pass me by as it has been. I enjoy what I do and that's good. But sometimes I get stressed with deadlines and promises, loads of laundry and a constant messy house. I don't need to 'work' but this is my creative outlet and that I do need. So I'm taking things in stride and new items are coming but a bit more slowly. I hate that it takes something so terrible to see clearly.