Stephanie Dee Himes,, 38, of Gun Barrel City, was born on March 23, 1975 in Denver, Colo. to the home of Tim Himes and Jackie Kennedy and passed away on July 27, 2013 at her home in Gun Barrel City surrounded by her family.
She was preceded in death by grandparents Marvin Kennedy and Tena Mohler.
Left to cherish her memory are her husband Brooks Warren; children Taylor Warren, Seth Himes and Logan Warren; parents Joe and Jackie Clark, father Tim Himes Sr.; brothers Brad Bynum and Tim Himes, Jr.; cousins Jason and Dustin Kennedy; grandmother Sadie Kennedy and grandfather C.A Mohler; uncle and aunt Donna and Glenn Kennedy; special aunts Stacy and Beverly and numerous other family and friends.
Visitation will be at Moorhead Epps Funeral Home at 6-8 pm on July 31, 2013.
Funeral services will be at Moorhead Epps Chapel at 3 pm on August 1, 2013 with burial following at Elm Grove Cemetery. To leave an online condolence visit moorheadepss.com
Breast cancer has claimed the life of a very good friend of mine Stephanie Himes at the very young age of 38. My heart is heavy, it is so hard to grasp why God choose such a beautiful woman to take home. I am going to make the rest of my life as Stephanie would have wanted it. Living it to the fullest. ” Live every day like it is your last” From a practical point of view, it conjures up images in our head of something like this. Telling how much we love our loved ones, patching up old relationships, forgiving others, making amends for the things we did wrong, etc., and that’s great and all, but if tomorrow comes and you do the same thing, and the same thing again the next day and again and again, day in day out, it kind of loses its meaning so living each day like it’s your last in that sense isn’t practical.
So that’s not really the meaning behind the saying obviously.
The meaning revolves around a philosophy that if you look at carefully, incorporates two things.
First, obviously focusing on the more important things in life.
Let’s face it.
If we find out a meteor the size of Australia is going to hit earth tomorrow and wipe out all life on the planet, none of us are going to the office.
What will you be doing?
That’s an indication of what you hold most important in your life.
For some, that day will revolve around religion, family, friends, loved ones. Now notice that for most people, it’s not going to be about themselves. You’re not going to see a lot of people try to fulfill their fantasy of jetting off to a desert island so they can relax by the beach for their last day on earth alone.
When it comes down to it, the most important things in our life are more than just about ourselves. It’s about something bigger and about other people.
The thing is, because we take tomorrow for granted, we put all the important stuff on the back burner because we think it’ll still be there tomorrow so we focus on the less important things, which seems like a pretty dumb thing to do but we do it anyways.
And we let those less important things affect us. We have a way of letting them blow up into something so big in our lives that we obsess over them.
Somebody treated you wrong or somebody rubbed you the wrong way or you didn’t get that job you were going for. Sure it sucks, but in the grand scheme of things, not so important and we shouldn’t let small things like that run our lives if we want to truly live each day like our last in spirit.
So that’s the first thing involved in living each day like it’s your last – to focus on the more important things in life and not let all the other trivial small things in life get to us.
The second is this.
If in fact there was no tomorrow, what would that leave you with?
Only today.The present.
That’s it.
That’s the other way to live each day like it’s your last.
To be fully present today.
To appreciate everything today has to offer.
Not keeping your head always in the future or past, but noticing today and all it has to offer so you don’t miss out on it.
Sipping that coffee and really tasting it and savoring the aroma in the air.
Enjoying your food as you chew it slowly, letting the flavors dance all over your taste buds.
Really listening to your friend during conversation instead of thinking ahead of what you’re going to do later on that night.
And guess what?
If you combine that habit of being present with focusing on the more important things in your life, it’s a recipe for a very, very good life, a life definitely worth living.
Focus on the more important things in life each day.
Be present each day.
Just for you my beautiful friend.
This reply and message is SO BEAUTIFUL. Thank you for writing this. Taking tomorrow for granted is such a powerful idea…Thank you…