Choices

     So a week or so ago I not only took another step deeper into my forties but I also had to deal with the second anniversary of my Mom's passing. This year it hit me real hard...it still is hitting me hard. 
     I know that is a depressing topic but it is one that everyone will have to deal with and truth be told there is no damn way to make it easy or painless. All we can do is try to remember the good things and let the tears flow if you need to... no shame in it even if you are an old man :)
     I think that everyone reaches a point where they have to choose... something, anything. I try to stay as unchanging as possible. I did a pretty good job of it too. Right up until my Mom passed away. Now I can't keep any kind of footing and it has been two freakin' years. So all I can do is choose to accept the emotional roller coaster and do my best to put on the stoic face the rest of the time. Ultimately, everything in life is some kind of choice. A choice not to choose, a choice to forgive or not , a choice to stay with or leave someone. The one thing we don't really have a choice in is dying but even that creates choices for those we leave. So how are you choosing to live, love, be remembered, or simply to be? Make choices and make some of them count even.