Our place

I have had a lot of time to think .... you know quarantine and all.... and I have been  thinking a lot about how we as humans try to find our place in life. How we fit in this puzzle of life.  From childhood where we seek out how to find friends to finding a perfect job to making a certain life...  It can be very overwhelming when any one of those areas is pulled out from under you, whether its your job, your community, your health or a number of other things.  We can lose a piece or a piece changes and we find ourselves figuring how we can fit now, or what our worth is or any number of things.  Many people turn to suicide, violence, drugs, depression....etc... because they can't find their place anymore.  However I began to think about if I had another day with my mom or my brother what life event or purpose would I want them here to "do".  I have realized I just want to sit at the table with them.  Hear them make some jokes, tell them about my day hear about their day.  I don't care what they can do or produce or solve....I just want them, as God made them..imperfections and all....  We are not what we can do, we are who we are and we forgot so many times that just being there and be who we are is everything to someone.  Just knowing you can pick up the phone and tell them something or sit across the table and listen to the funny stories of the past.  So if anyone is wondering what their purpose is, how they can or can't "contribute" if they are worth it..YOU ARE!! We want you across the table, we want to see that text, we want to reminisce about the past.  You are not the sum of your trials or accomplishments, you are uniquely made for moments and maybe right now it doesn't feel like a moment worth remembering, there are so many in the past and so many yet to come.