New Sights

On Thursday, mum had cataract surgery preformed on her left eye and on Friday, she had the bandage removed. And for the first time in about 3 years, she could actually 'see' my brother and I! It was a pretty emotional day!
Today, we went and did a quick walk through of the new apartment so that Stuart could get a feel for the apartment.
As we were walking the grounds of the complex, we came across this gorgeous flower, growing up the fence of the pool area in a lush, green bush.

Mum noticed right away the spirals of purple coming from the center of the flower. We just smiled at one another after she said that. Only a week ago, that gorgeous purple flower would have been a coloured blob to her!

While resting this weekend and recuperating from being sick, I thought a lot about how much of our daily existence we take for granted!  I LOVE music.  It has always been a big part of what I do and my daily routine, but what would I do if I suddenly lost my hearing?  What would I do if I could never see beauty like this?  Stuart lost his other leg a couple of months ago, how much do we take advantage of having 2 good legs??  It saddens me to know that we go about our daily lives without even giving a second thought to the value of it!

Never again will I take the simple things of life for granted!!