As my husband and I were preparing to eat dinner this evening we spotted a small child behind our home. He was at the very back of our property, and very close to a somewhat remote area where there are woods and a large pond. I immediately stopped what I was doing and ran out to the backyard to investigate. I'm not really sure what prompted me to do this other than the Holy Spirit, you see I am always seeing children and their parents walking on this trail near our yard. This child though caught my attention as I sensed a problem. As I approached him I looked to see if there were any other people or even children with him, and there were none, not even someone calling for him. It was then that my heart began to race as this child had Down Syndrome and clearly didn't know where he was. I asked what his name was and he happily said 'me' while he patted his chest. I then asked him very calmly if he would like to go for a walk to find his mommy, he smiled a big smile a shook his head yes. Then he reached for my hand. This lost little boy was not scared nor sad about his circumstances, possibly because he didn't know or understand the danger he might have been in. Looking upon his little face with all that innocent joy just brought tears to my eyes which I carefully did not let him see. We proceded out to the street and up the road about a block when I heard boys calling the name ' Emmitt'. I asked if he belonged to them and they said no but that people in a yard down from them were frantically looking for him. So I continued to walk in the direction they pointed me towards, when I spotted a man racing towards us I realized this was his daddy. Emmitt jumped up into his arms and it was then that he got a little teary eyed, as if he finally recognized what just happened. Thankful for a happy ending I went home. The experience of that evening played out in my mind and I came to think of how that small lost child resembles some of us. Lost in this life without even knowing it, happy and carefree heading for the unknown.

For those of you whom are ever increasingly trying to escape the daily hum drums of life, think about this; some of us are actually living this out in reverse. Thats right, ' life is escaping us ' instead.  Just when you thought that you had things: events, special occasions, holidays all so perfectly planned ( in your mind ) they arrive with no time left to create that special moment.  Time seems to have a mind all its own,  sometimes we find humor in the way it catches up to us, but mostly we are disappointed that there has not been enough of it... time that is.  In our hurry to live out all those dreams and fantasies time seems to go right by us, and its not even patient enough to be courteous.  As I watched my children grow up into young adults I came to realize that I could not hold onto the precious moments spent with them.  Instead the moments turned into memories that later will become just old treasure stored in a cedar chest in someone's attic.  But... its those moments that we need to care for, those tiny short seconds of time that could change a life. That in short could easily turn the tables of history, forever.   The things we say and do for others that may only take a minute, could very well make all the difference in the world to the one on the receiving end of the moment you gave them.  I'll try to always remember to say I Love You to those that I have been blessed to know and love in this life.  After all it only takes half a second to say it !  So let us use our moments wisely.