It Takes a Village...

They say, "It takes a village to raise a child." I say, "It takes a village to get through LIFE."

Not that I didn't realize this before, but today I realized even more just how much we need each other and how none of us can really get through this life alone.

And I don't mean in terms of being married or having "life partner" but just in terms of having folks around who are able to fill in the blank spaces.

For example...

Yesterday my dad asked if I could pick him up from the hospital this morning. I said, "Sure, after I get off work". I had to go in this morning to catch up on some stuff.

So I leave work to go pick him up at the hospital where my brother had dropped him off earlier this morning. I then dropped my dad off at his dialysis center where my uncle would pick him up when he dialysis was over. How 'bout that. In just ONE day, three people have had to step in to help another.

That's how life should be. No one should ever have to figure out how things are gonna "work out". With a good support system in place, they always will. EVERYONE should have a good support system.

For me, it came a few months ago in the way of financial assistance. I wasn't working, had NO money coming in...and I mean NONE, so I found myself having to send out a plea for help. THANKFULLY, my "village" of friends and family came to my aid, and I was able to make it just a little while longer. Had it not been for the graciousness of those individuals, I truly do not know WHERE I would be. I highly doubt that I would have been sitting at my own kitchen table writing this post as I am now.

Let the DIALOGUE begin: Do you have a "village" that you can count on in times of need?

Talk to me!

Til next time...