Real-Life Reflections and Thoughts

When a friend mentioned this week that it’s nearly July 4th and summer is half over, I gasped. What? Half over? How did this happen? Seriously? As I get older, it feels that time just goes faster and faster. A blink and a month is gone. Two blinks and half of the year has zoomed by. Three blinks? I don’t want to think. And yet, I also deeply believe that we must appreciate and value every day. We just don’t know when something will happen and life will change.

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