Days 18, 19 & 20 – Family, Friends & Life
This is perhaps my final post in the 40 Days of Awesomeness… yes, I’m only half-way through, however it all seems so shallow to me now, and recent events have shown me, that there is truly so much more to ‘Living & Loving Life’ than tooting my own horn, impressing upon people how great I think I am.
This post is really about things that make us ALL awesome…
FAMILY
I don’t know what I would do without my family. They have been there, supportive, encouraging… whether they agree with my choices or not, whether I’ve made good decisions or not, whether I’ve been successful or not. I give thanks every day for my parents, for my sisters, and for my aunts, uncles, cousins and extended family.
There is a little bit of each of them in me… and THAT is what truly makes me awesome.
FRIENDS
My friends may as well be classified as my family… because they too have influenced who I am, and have been supportive of me in everything I’ve done – every smile, every laugh, every tear, every disappointment, every broken heart, every success… every experience. And to them, too, I am grateful. They are, as the saying goes, the family I choose.
LIFE
And lastly, I am awesome because I have life. Too easily we forget that this is our greatest gift… and too easily we take it for granted, only realising its importance, its awesomeness, its worth, when misfortune hits others.
This blog post is dedicated to my dear brother, Dave Marks. In the 12+ years I’ve known him, I’ve never seen him upset, angry or sad. He was in my opinion the epitome of happiness… of Living your Life. Always smiling, you could hear his laugh from a mile away… I can still hear it now.
Definitely a young, ambitious, good-natured, pure-hearted soul… gone too soon.
I pray for his parents, his family, his friends… who I know are all distraught by his passing. A special shout-out to my other brothers – Gav, Jabari, Boomsie, Dougie, Heath – be strong and remember the good times… for it is in those memories that his spirit remains with us…
[...] for a while. I have a number of reasons. One of those is my fellow blogger @chineyphat’s blog http://chineyphat.com/2011/03/28/days-18-19-20-family-friends-life/ Little did she know that she made me think about the frivolousness of blogging. My conclusion is [...]
Blog or not to Blog « Jamaicanz's Blog said this on April 11, 2011 at 2:13 pm |
All i will say is one word “CHO!”…. Cho! dat u pause di blog, Cho! that April is going rough… Cho! cuz u have a great spirt and finally Cho! girl I will buy u a Guinness when next i see u.
Loved this posting. Sorry you’re ending it so soon… but your words are the epitome of truth today. RIP Dave… and continuous prayers for Dave’s parents and family, Jay, Amanda, Nalini and their families.
I think you’re awesome and Ive enjoyed reading the 12 days of awesomeness.
I mean 20
Thank you Anya
And let’s not leave out how awesome you are too!!!