Life's Like That

I have a neighbor, an old lady living by herself, but never kept to herself. Whenever she passes my door, she'll greet us and chat a bit, telling us what she bought for groceries, how she's cooking them. She's in her early sixties looking forward for her retirement next year, planned to do some traveling after that.

Recently she was diagnosed of cancer and was soon admitted to the hospital for a major operation... Poor thing, she used to be such a lively old lady, walks faster than me. But when I visited her at the hospital the other day, she looked so old, seems to have aged 15 years over night.

I guess that's how unpredictable life can be.

Bottom line is: Live life to the fullest, love and cherish people around you.

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We saw this booth at a Children Fair promoting In-line skating lessons for kids. Isabel wanted to try. So we got for her the smallest skates we can find then strap her up and pushed her into the crowd of kids trying the lesson with only one young lady supervising them.


Mommy saw her struggling to stand up wanted to help but was waved off by the teacher saying the only way for her to learn is to do it by herself. My wife stared at her and forced a smile then reluctantly walked aside to join other parents to watch their children learn to skate.

After a while, I noticed Isabel kept looking back at us, she starting to panic as she watch other kids balancing and standing up while she's left kneeling on the floor.

Very soon the free trial lesson was over. I thought for sure Isabel would refuse to get into a pair of skates again. But instead, she asked to have a pair of skates of her own. I'm glad she's not having phobia of it.









Ally slept thru the entire lesson.