100 Years

So I owe you a blog from last week, to say the least last week was a hard one. It started with one of the girls in my department quiting because we couldn't work around her schedule so she found a better job. Which means that I will be working every other weekend and will no longer have a life.
However, the real hardship was loosing my favorite resident. She was 100 years old and I know that you are probably wondering how much longer I expected her to live. I think if you knew her you would understand. She was a fighter- her parents died when she was young, became a mother of four sons, lost her husband at the age of fifty and lived the rest of her life as a widow. She christened a navy ship in his honor, raised three sons who followed in their fathers footsteps to become admirals. In essence she was a fighter.
When I was helping her family pack up her room and listening to all of the stories I became sad because I realized that I only knew a small portion of who she really was. I became aware of how many stories I had missed. A few days later I read her obituary which was a tribute to her entire life and I realized how many great things she did in her life, what a great legacy that she left behind. In 100 years there were extraordinary things that she accomplished, it made her look like superwoman!
It made me think of what sort of legacy I want to leave behind for my loved ones. If I live to be 100 what great stories would I want to be told about my life- my career, friends, and especially my family.