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This morning I was on FaceBook and I was posting to a friend who was celebrating her birthday today. I started thinking that it felt like I just sent her a birthday greeting recently. It hit me then that time is moving so swiftly, especially as we get older. I for one am not really happy about this thought and the feeling in the pit of my stomach that I have, especially thinking about how much time I might have left of my life. How do I handle these thoughts, emotions and realizations? I’m working on this. Most days I don’t think about this, but times like this morning, it really wallops me. So this morning I take a deep breath and start with gratitude that I am here now when so many of my friends aren’t. I realize that my life has been filled with wonderful adventures and some horrible and difficult challenges (that I will tell you about in some future posts), but isn’t that what just being alive is.