I think we’d all appreciate life a little more if we knew how close we came to not having one at all. It’s more rare to exist, than it is to not. For all the right people to have met each other, sat a little too long in a coffee shop or ran a red light. For all the right places and people to be some intimately woven together it constructed us, it’s extraordinary. Life is such a special occasion. When I zoom out on life and all the things that it took to put me here, my family here, my friends here, it really makes me appreciate them a lot more. I feel honored that this small blimp in time allowed me to be here, present but also experience those around me. To see a new perspective on something, to laugh and be hugged, to feel heartbreak and then still have the capacity to love, to watch babies grow and to watch those I love most just live… what a gift this life is.