"All that I am After" by Daughtry came on Pandora , and the line "All that I am after is a life full of laughter as long as I am laughing with you. " I love that! Life is short, I know that unfortunately first hand. Things change in a nano-second! My family was driving home from Tucson, my mother turned around to ask my sister where we wanted to vacation and a split second later the tires blow out on my dad's SUV. The car flipped over and seconds later my mother was dead and my dad died six hours later in the operating room. My sister and I literally crawled out of the upside-down car practically unscathed as we watched in horror as my dad screamed for help being pinned inside and needing the jaws of life to unleash him.
My parent's car accident is constantly putting life in perspective: Soak up all the precious moments, appreciate the good, learn to cut ties with the bad, pursue your dreams and don't think you have forever, because we don't. Seek quality over quantity and remember you are only responsible for you, you can't control other people's actions or feelings.
Furthermore it is making me realize what is most important and what brings me the utmost joy and happiness. If I had to list it would be the following:
This is all that I am after...
- Laughing hysterically with my friends. The moments where our sides hurt and we are doubled-over in pain barely able to squeak out the next word
- Being so inspired it makes me want to go out and create my own masterpiece
- Design, Architecture, Art and Fashion, especially when all four collide
- Being with the ones I have chosen as my favorites. Learning it is more than okay to walk away from the past and THOSE that no longer have a place in your life due to growing up and moving forward
- Traveling to new places to explore and see more of this wonderful playground called Earth
- Watching my niece Blake Emery giggle and play. Watching my sister be the most amazing mother to this incredible little person.
- Being a source of light and inspiration to others
wow! thanks for sharing your story, jennifer. it is very moving to me.
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