A few nights ago I finished with my workout and came upstairs to find Tim sleeping on the couch. So I grabbed his laptop and started checking e-mail and blogs. After I got bored with my usual web surfing, I went up to the address bar at the top of the screen and hit the arrow to pull down the websites that have recently been viewed...much less effort than actually typing in a whole address! I came across this blog, charliecooperjackjack.blogspot.com and wondered what is was since Tim is not much for reading blogs unless they are dedicated to home re-modeling, speakers or politics *(edited at the request of Tim) *. The name was also intriguing since we sometimes call Jackson "jack jack". I clicked on it and up popped a picture of a darling little boy. I started scrolling through the blog, recognized some of the nurses in the pictures and realized this was a patient on Tim's floor at Primary Children's. I proceeded to sob for the next hour as I read his story. He contracted bacterial meningitis and has been in the hospital since January. This blog has had a profound effect on me. I'm not sure if it's because I have a little boy close to the same age or if it's because this is my husband's job and he sees things like this on a daily basis. Probably a little of both. At any rate it is hard to describe my feelings. It is a sad story. But I can't help but feel that this little boy is so lucky to have such strong parents. Tim says they are so nice and whenever he sees them, they are smiling. I am not sure I could be that strong. It is a reminder that my husband and his co-workers are incredible people who have one of the hardest jobs around but do it brilliantly. It is a reminder to take nothing for granted. Life can change in an instant so don't let it go by too fast. Okay, I'm getting off the soap box now. It's not all that often that I climb up on it but I just thought I'd share .
