Life

In discussions with people today and in observations a thought came to mind because I was telling them that I was mapping my life with google earth.

Looking about the earth and who I have known and where I have been is amazing. The places I have lived and have shared my life with those that I have lived with or near makes me such a rich person. The times in my life both happy and sad can be mapped.

Tonight I was told that a person that I have known died from cancer. I am going to map her house. I cannot map the pain that others will feel from her loss. She died on a day where one person had a bday.. The person that I knew her through, it was her bday. The person who died was close to her. This day will always be in her thoughts. I called her today for the first time on her bday. Ironic that today that someone close to that person died on a day when I called them.

Today Roe died and her family is sad. The years, days, hours, and minutes that she was here will be recounted in all of our minds. The days, hours, and minutes that she will not be here will measured in tears.

Roe, although not related to me is representative of the woman and men that I grew up around and in my family. Strong, independant, and a free thinkers. The times that we spoke to her, interacted with her, or thought about her are magnified. She will missed. Today will always be her day.

Map your life in your head, on a map, or on the internet. Map the happy, map the sad, map the tragic, and map the moments that mean nothing now. They may mean something one day and you may look back upon them as what they may become. A defining moment in your life that may be huge or small.