As many if not all of you know that I wear the green and grey to work every day. I will admit that during the winter, I rarely change my shirt, and hell in the summer I just spray febreze on it. It is called laziness. Otherwise I have to take off the name tag, badge, and all the stuff in the pockets and move it all to another shirt. Um, yea like a 2 minute project, but as I said laziness.
Every time I prepare my uniform shirt for my Monday after my weekend or a vacation, the beginning of the Big Chill always rolls through my mind. I do not know why but it always has.
As you know on January 1, 2012 the National Park Service lost another fine Park Ranger, Margaret Anderson. I did not go back to work until January 4th, which if you are still a friend of mine on fb, you know it is the greatest day in the world or my birthday.
As I dressed that day for work and slipped the black elastic band over my badge, I thought back to the beginning of the Big Chill. I stood there getting dressed looking out the the window to the most beautiful scenery. The words that flashed through my mind at that moment were not what I expected...
"This might be my last"
It wasn't really a mordid thought, it was just a truth. However, I do not think Margaret woke up January 1st and thought that.
I have decided for my birthday and for the rest of my life, I will celebrate every morning that I wake up. Life is a celebration so CELEBRATE while you have it.
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