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Numbering My Days

8/16/2018

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     The late-night phone call stabbed our hearts: “Maggie had a seizure.”    
     How could this happen to our four-year-old granddaughter when her older sister died following a seizure this spring?
      
     Maggie and her parents had flown to California to make fresh, good memories. But before they reached the Magic Kingdom, Maggie fell unconscious in her father’s arms.
    
     The thought of losing Maggie, my little Magpie, pierced me. She and I sing a kids’ song in which we stoop down to touch our toes, but she leans over and touches mine because I don’t have the flexibility to bend that low. Now would she leave me to touch the sky?
    
     When paramedics arrived and pricked her with an IV, Maggie regained consciousness. Then she spent two days in the hospital where doctors ran tests. Nothing conclusive…seizure perhaps brought on by a fever…didn’t seem related to her sister’s mysterious death.
    
     We exhaled the breath we’d held too long, and I pondered how thin the thread of life is. How quickly it can be severed.
     
     Recently I’d attended the funeral of a cousin and observed how wisely he invested his eighty-four years. And at a high school reunion I’d studied two poster boards filled with photos of classmates who have passed on.
    
​     Whether we’re four or eighty-four, life is precious. Magpie should have decades more to touch toes and touch lives. My days are fewer, and I want each to count before I arrive at that ultimate Magic Kingdom. So I’m learning to number my days. To make each moment matter.

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My Magpie Maggie in the hospital.

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Barry Linden
8/19/2018 04:55:13 pm

Hi Trish,
I'm sorry that I missed you at the recent reunion. I seemed to be just a few minutes away behind you. The Lincoln reunion was amazing, but I just had to crash the Washington reunion. I was given a copy of your book by my cousin Dave and I really enjoyed it. Would love to discuss it further if you would like to email me back.
Barry

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Trish Hermanson link
8/20/2018 12:31:21 pm

Great to hear from you, Barry! Please send me your email address at trishhermanson@gmail.com, and I'll get back to you. Thanks, Trish

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essaymama.com link
10/2/2018 08:50:10 am

Hello, Trish. Reading this post broke my heart into pieces. Maggie could have lived a longer and happier life only if she was allowed to do so. But she is in a better place right now, looking at you and guiding you. God has a better plan for everyone and I know you understand what I am saying. Everything might be shallow right now and we are having a hard time understanding everything that is happening in our lives right now, but there's no choice but to be strong. I know you will get through this!

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Trish Hermanson link
10/5/2018 03:56:57 pm

Thank you for your kind thoughts!

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