When You Die
In April Walter Bruening, the world’s oldest man, died at the age of 114. Having seen an entire century unfold he had a lot of wise advice to share. His last piece of advice is the hardest to swallow but the greatest in importance.
From Walter:
“We’re all going to die. Some people are scared of dying. Never be afraid to die. Because you’re born to die.”
I am not even half of Walter’s age but this is a lesson I learned early. At the age of 17 I had a cardiac arrest. Since that time I have had a dozen surgeries, been electrically paddled on multiple occasions and had 3 pacemakers. My heart is electrically challenged! This makes life very unpredictable. When my heart is behaving I am normal, when it’s not, it is life threatening.
The one thing that I have learned about life and death is this:
Moms Online: You Are Extraordinary!
I am overwhelmingly amazed at you. I confess prior to this BlogWorld experience I didn’t imagine how marvelous you are. You are so smart – reading online, surfing for answers, digging for solutions. I have come to the conclusion you really don’t need me but I really want to get to know you. Do you have a blog???? If you do tell me – I am fascinated.
I wish I could aggregate you all into my own little blog world. Of course, tomorrow I head home and fall back into mommy world. After this visit to the Emerald City (New York) I hope I won’t want those ruby slippers back 
Where Did I Put Those Ruby Red Slippers?
We have arrived in Blog World and if it sounds like I have touched down in another planet, let me assure you, I have. I am lost within the deep dark tunnels of the Jacob Javits Convention Center trying to navigate hundreds of topic choices in rooms that look exactly the same with people I don’t know and whom all seem to know each other. What’s worse is they are speaking a foreign language. As the tornado swirls around me I occasionally hear or see something I understand and then they move on and it is lost to me.
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