Living The Blessings GOD Gives You !

Do you live the blessings GOD gives you are do you sit by and watch life go by and wonder why you aren't enjoying some of the things others are?  Are you embracing life, are sitting on the sidelines?  Do you wake up and say "Thank you GOD for today or cover up you head and say Oh GOD really do I have to get up?"

Well, I am one of those people who's cup is almost always overflowing.  Yes, I have bad days and yes, there are times when I too want to stay in bed.....but no matter what I always thank GOD for the day even in the worst of times and there have been some really dark days in my life.  Others have had some just as dark or darker, so I am no different than many people.

One thing I have always done and D was the same, we embraced life, we lived life and we took advantage of the blessings that GOD gifted us.  NO REGRETS !  except that he didn't live healthier and longer. 

Well, yesterday GOD opened another door and gifted a road trip to me that I never in my wildest dreams thought I would participate in.  Together with nine of my CVMA family members we loaded up on six motorcycles and car to ride to Springfield to participate with a total of 73 - that's right 73 veteran's and wounded warriors at a military event during the Springfield Cardinals Baseball game. 

Not only did I ride on the back of a motorcycle for a long road trip, I loved it !!!  (My dear friend Rae couldn't come so she loaned me her husband and his bike for the trip, otherwise I would have had to ride in a car.)  Besides riding on the bike, we got to go onto the baseball field, I went into the pitcher's warm up area and talked to the players, walked onto the actual field..this girl was so excited I could barely contain myself.  Baseball up close and personal standing within 15 feet of the Tulsa Drillers pitcher while he is warming up - I love baseball, all I could think of was if Ian and CD could see me know their smile would be as big as mine !!!! I was like a schoolgirl in a candy shop...my face hurts today I have smiled so much.  I don't think anyone with me knows how much I love the idea of baseball, everything that goes with it, the smells, the touch, the sounds, the people, it's not so much the game as it is all the pieces that go into the game. 

Standing on the field, toes lined up in the dirt just to the edge of the grass, everyone at full attention the National Anthem is played and then a mad dash to get 73 bikes off the field - we made it and no mishaps...I am still smiling.....

Up to the stands, hugs, kisses, greetings to old friends and more family.....What's baseball with out a hot dog and a beer....then off we go .....another adventure more riding, drinks, dinner so much laughter....bathroom décor to bogle the mind and bring out Bo stories.

We sit around last night and just share with one another nothing earth shattering, just friends enjoying being together without stress, without putting on airs, without making impressions just because we love each other just as we are, just being together...many hearts really beating as one for each other.

Today at the completion of our 293 mile road trip, I have ridden in the hottest of hot....97 plus to a cooling rain....I prefer the cooler temperatures by far. 

Even though Bo and Lori were killed on their bikes, I never blamed the bike because it was the other drivers fault. But, I think it was one of the reasons I never really got on a bike also. 

However, having now experienced the pleasure of what Bo always talked about I get it.  D and I were in the process of buying a trike or spider just before Bo and Lori's accident.  D thought it would be a great thing to do together with them.  Life happened and it didn't.

One thing I know is that if I had let this blessing pass me by I would have missed the joy that captured my son's heart when he road on his motorcycle. 

Thank you CVMA once again for embracing me, accepting me and loving me.  You always gift to me so much more than I can ever give back.