I have everything I need

I watched the special on Randy Pausch last night on ABC. For those of you that don't know this is the guy that did the Last Lecture. He fought a long battle against pancreatic cancer. Jason's Dad also lost his battle with pancreatic cancer this year so this hits close to home. I found myself crying for a man I never met. He was so inspirational and kept his spirits up right until the end. Something his wife said in an interview stuck with me. When she starts to feel down she says to herself, "I have everything I need". What a great thing for all of us to remind ourselves of. I have a great family, great friends, plenty of food and roof over my head. What more do I really need in life? My kids reminded me of this last night when Nolan finally said Ma Ma. You would have thought I just won a million dollars. It was the best feeling in the world. Right after he decided to pick up a piece of cheese and put it in his mouth. I know...doesn't sound like much, but for the mother of a kid who has been picking up little pieces of food up for awhile, but would never put them in his mouth, it was big deal. Nicholas and I started dancing around in celebration. Nolan thought we were so funny.