Here yesterday, Gone now.

I wonder.

If I had known that the last time I had Pineapple Tart yogurt would be my LAST time, would I have savored it a bit more? Would I have filled my cup with twice as much? Would I have gone back the next day? Or the day after that? And the day after that until it was gone?

I hadn't been to my favorite frozen yogurt spot in a couple of months. So I headed over recently for a little treat. I got my bowl, and proceeded to the dispenser in the wall where I was ready to pull the lever and fill my cup with the good stuff. But wait...somethin' was different this time. Pineapple Tart wasn't where it should be. Hmmm. Maybe I missed it. Or maybe they moved it. So I went back to the beginning of the flavors and read the names very slowly...over and over...as if it were going to jump out and say "Here I am!". I did this for a while.

It wasn't there. :-(

Now I realize that this is just yogurt we're talking about, but it made me think about all of the other day to day things that we take for granted. Things that we just assume will be here tomorrow because they're here today. Jobs. Homes. Friends. Family. Health. Financial stability. But the fact is...much like my Pineapple Tart yogurt they can be gone tomorrow just as easily.

This experience was not new to me. I've experienced it a few times in my life.

My first time living on my own came this way. One day I lived home with my parents, the next day, I had no home.

The situation was similar with my last home. I lived there for 13 years, and then suddenly...out of no where, I had to move.

I had a good friend who I hung out with one night and exactly one week later, my friend died.

Maybe I was wrong to take such things and people for granted. The funny thing is, I didn't think I was taking anything for granted at the time. Those thoughts never entered into my mind. It's just the type of thing that doesn't really hit you, until it happens.

Let the DIALOGUE begin! Is there anything or anyone in your life that you just assume will always be here? I'll share a little secret with you...they won't.

I don't care so much about the "things" in your life that are important, but if you have any PEOPLE in your life who mean anything to you, let them know NOW.

Don't let them be like my Pineapple Tart yogurt...Here yesterday, Gone now. Let people know how you feel. Even if they think you're nuts for doing it (as most of my friends do about me), just do it anyway, and let me know what happens.

Talk to me!

Til next time...