Live each day as if it's your last.

Mother Nature has changed the colour of my world as she makes it abundantly clear how small & insignificant we as humans are in the scheme of things.

There's that old saying, 'live each day as if it's your last', never has that made more sense to me than right now.

As a child I thought 30 was really really old and fully expected not to live that long,  when I got to 30 I remember being amazed & a little relieved to have made it & with an 8 yr old and a new baby wondered what was next. These last 20yrs have whizzed past in a blur of family & fabric and as I've gotten older and my journey has taken a certain path I can reflect on a life well lived so if I get swept away by a Tsunami tomorrow it wont be with regrets.

It's difficult to see how anything will be the same after this, I only hope that She lightens up a little so we can collectively catch our breathe.

New Zealands darkest day...

The Christchurch earthquake reached our kitchen in Perth yesterday morning, as news filtered in via tv & radio. Now we hold our breath and wait for the days to unfold, revealing the horror & utter devastation as the toll on lives & communities soar. 

(Image: Herald Sun - see the guys with their thumbs up!)

Mother Nature sure is pissed off, having reeked unparalleled havoc in the Southern Hemisphere constantly for months now - coming back for a second swipe at Christchurch in as many months only this time with catastrophic results.

The NZ Prime Minister said that this could possibly be New Zealands darkest day, I think that day is yet to come.

What seems to be evident, as I watch & listen from my home a million miles away, is that humanity & the Kiwi spirit will win in the end, as all that are able pitch in to rescue, feed, clothe and shelter the thousands of residents & tourists left injured, stranded and traumatised.

Makes me sad & proud to be a Kiwi!

Now I'm going to kiss my kids, tell him I love him, and find out where I can give blood - more often!