As we celebrate Maxs 7th birthday today it’s a unique feeling celebrating a birthday that many times I didn’t believe would come.  So many times over the years we’ve existed on a shortened timeline.  A timeline with no clear end, only told that we should prepare for anything.  When it come to your child preparing for anything is no easy task at all.  As parents I think we all have an understanding that life is often unpredictable and that we have to cherish every day.  However a different type of emotion is tapped into when being told to prepare for anything with the underlying meaning of ‘because we do not expect him to be here that long’.

When Max was 3 we didn’t know if he would make it to 4 let alone 5.  When he turned 5 I remember feeling like we were on borrowed time, while being so thankful that we made it that far.  I can honestly say for me that for the majority of Maxs life 7 wasn’t really in the picture.  But I can say we’ve tried to make the most of those 7 years.  
We’ve tried to maximize the time, capturing the spirit of life with each passing moment.  I know at times we’ve missed the mark, but for everyone of those there are many others where we squeezed every ounce of life out of those moments.
I don’t know the timetable we are on right now, and I don’t know how quickly or when that timetable may drastically change.  What I do know is  that I will continue to embrace the moments in the here and now, because on this timetable there’s no promise of a tomorrow.
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