What I saw today...

My mother has now been moved to a local nursing home for rehab. At least she is closer to home.

I was there today visiting her with my sister. While we were there, my niece came in to visit too. She's 6 months pregnant. I sat there for a time watching my mom, my sister and my sister's daughter talking and laughing. My niece carrying the next generation in her womb. It was a beautiful sight.

The fact that life, in it's best and worst, goes on, was not lost on me. It was there from start to finish, today, at Brookside Nursing Home. My mom, so near the end, enjoying a smile with her daughter - at the middle of her life - and grand daughter who is carrying new life with in her.

This is the way it is, isn't it? We're born, we live, we touch lives, we have families, we age, and we hope that when we're at our own end, there is a smile and the hope of new birth. That's what I saw today.