Breath Taking
My breath was taken away! Normally we experience breath taking moements in life when we witness something beautiful. (picture taken by my Mother) Other times we might have a breath taking moment when we witness pure joy, like a kid getting the best present ever! (another picture taken by my Mother, of me as a child) While I see beutiful sunrises and sunsets every week over the lake by work, that was not what took by breath away. I do have three wonderful kids, but my breath was not taken away by their pure joy. No, my breath was taken away when I was cleaning out a folder and stumbled on this picture. It was one of those moments that seemed like time stood still. As I opened up the folded pages and revealed the picture of what my Acoustic Neuroma Brain Tumor looked like back in Feb 2010. I stopped what I was saying, what I was doing, and just froze. My breath was taken away! Here was a reminder of that life changing event. As I have reflected on that momemt, th