Treasure every moment of every day. Never forget to tell your family and friends how much they mean to you.  Tomorrow is never promised to us.  The next hour is not promised to us.  Just as quickly as this beautiful hawk could fly away, those in our life - family and friends could be gone.  It is so important to treasure those we love and care about and make sure we tell them how much they mean to us.  Don't assume they know.

This morning when I arrived at work I learned one of my coworkers (who has been a friend to me for 13 years) had been in a vehicle accident on his way to work - another driver crossed the center line and crashed head-on into my coworker.  I was shocked but grateful he would be ok. I don't know the fate of the other driver or why he crossed the center line.  I said a prayer for them both.

I had just eaten lunch with this coworker and friend two days before. Time is precious - time with those we love and care about is even more precious.

I hate looking at vehicles that have been wrecked - especially when the vehicle belongs to someone I know and care about.  But when I went out at lunchtime I went to the back of our parking lot to look at my coworker's vehicle.  It was incredibly damaged and I knew in my heart that only by the Grace of God my friend was not hurt seriously.