So We Beat On, Boats Against The Current

So I haven’t talked about this much (well not really at all) but this weekend marks a whole year since my beloved Jim died. (??!!) Today at least, I find myself unable to think about him in the context of sadness and loss. However, it *has* been on my mind and I felt compelled to do something.

Generally, I don’t believe in fate or that things happen for a reason. I think that shit happens: sometimes good shit, sometimes bad shit. What really matters is not how the dice land but what we do with the dice that land at our feet. Jim and I made choices that brought us into each others lives. Bad shit happened and he died. So what do I do?

This morning I donned my Donate Life button and I decided to dub Friday Update Your Damn Donor Organ Donor Information Day (Yes, this was stolen from yesthattom and I hope he doesn’t mind.)

Take the time Friday, March 7, to make sure that you are listed as an organ donor on your driver’s license or county ID. If you’ve already done that, make sure that those closest to you (especially the person who will be making health decisions for you) know that you are an organ donor. Talk to the people you love about being organ donors and make sure they’ve noted it on their records as well. It’s not fun thinking about what happens if our tomorrows run out before we expect them to, but sometimes it happens. (Even, sadly, for children.)

Do it for Jim; do it for the people he left behind, the ones who loved him, do it for his son; do it for the people whose lives he touched after he died with his selfless gift.

Do it because even the baddest of bad shit can bring a little good into what can be a pretty random world.

Thanks.