Surviving My Life

The Empty Chair

For the last few days I've been spending the majority of my time simply catching up with life. I've cleaned up the apartment, gotten another part time job at Blockbuster to make more cash for the holidays, and also driven all over the State of New York.

Then, on Monday, I learned some bad news.

My boss's father passed away over the weekend. He was 76 years old.

To say it was sudden is an understatement. I met this man several times over the many months and years that I've been working for the company.

My first thought? He was just like my Grandpa. Same sense of humor. Come to find out, my Grandpa used to go hunting with him, and even lived next door to him!

Well, he's gone now. He passed away over the weekend, and his famous leather chair that his grandsons told me about will never be sat in again.

This has only inspired me to spend more time with my own grandparents. Think about it...when was the last time that you saw your extended family? Your aunt? Your Uncle? Are you telling yourself that it can wait until you're not busy?

We don't know when God will call us home. It could be tonight when I sleep that my heart stops beating, or tomorrow when I drive to work that I'm involved in a horrendous car accident.

Tim McGraw, a rather famous country music artist has a song out right now called "Live Like You Were Dying". The song is about a man who finds out that he's going to lose his fight with cancer, and starts living his life every day like it's the last one.

One day I'm going to lose my other grandfather, and his chair that he's had for as long as I can remember will never be sat in again.

I'm not going to wait until there's another empty chair in my family to spend time with the rest of them.

...After all. Tomorrow will allways be just that...tomorrow.

posted by Jeremiah @ 17:53