The Darlows

Late Saturday night, Gail and I were walking home from Cullen’s on Southport where we went to hear live music with some friends. After turning onto Addison from Southport and walking a few yards, we heard a loud collision … actually two large collisions. A car had run a right light and slammed into a taxi, then the taxi crashed straight into the building on the SE corner of the street … where we had passed by just seconds earlier. A passenger from the taxi was a little banged up, but fortunately no one was seriously hurt. (The driver of the other car fled the scene.)
If the incident had occurred one minute earlier, it may have been a different story … for us or for the other people that were nearby. I like to think that I’m alert and agile, and my lightening fast reflexes would have kept us from harm … but you never know.

So, as we approach the end of the year (which is today) … we should think about everything we have to be thankful for, because nothing is guaranteed to us. Everything we have is fleeting and could be gone in a second … not only our property and belongings, but our friendships, our family, our health, and our very lives. Certainly, Katrina taught us that lesson as well.

And at the same time, as we begin a new year, we should think about what is important to us, what kind of lives we want to live, and what we can do to point ourselves in that direction. It’s a good state of mind to have no matter how religious you are.

L’Shana Tova – Have a healthy and happy new year!