Celebrate Life Party?

During the weekend I had a very interesting experience. I was driving towards home to pick up my son when I looked to my right side and noticed a sign in the park that read,                  

“Celebrate Life!” I was so intrigued by this that after picking up my son, I made a split decision to go back to the park where the sign was to inquire about it. I just felt compelled to go and find out what that sign was about. After all, usually you would see birthday party or baby shower parties in this park. Folks from around the area enjoy celebrating special occasions here and they usually have beautiful elaborate decorations set up….but I’ve never seen this type of decorative sign before.

So I drove to the area where the sign was and there before me were several chairs laid out in a circle and two women were sitting together chatting. There was another table with four women sitting around playing dominoes, and there was a third table set up with snacks and small kids’ toys.

I approached the two ladies sitting together chatting and they both welcomed me with happy faces and bright smiles. I asked what the sign was all about, I told them I had seen it while driving and it caught my attention. One of the ladies, Maribel Beltrez a program therapist who lives in the area replied, “In the midst of darkness we need to know that we are here for a reason, we have this set up because there is so much negativity going on the world that we need to take a moment to celebrate the good, to celebrate life!”

This really grabbed my attention and tore at my heart strings. It’s true why not take time to celebrate life for all the good things that happen in the world, with our families, with our friends and with us?

Maribel said that she and her friend Evelyn Lopez who works as a banker, organized this get-together to have a good time with friends and celebrate themselves and the great things that that they do. She said that the party was for who anyone one who walked by and wanted to join in.  “The party is for everyone, let people see your good, it’s your day, your life is important, said Maribel.

These two wonderful women Maribel and Evelyn,  made me realize that yes, we can have a party to celebrate life. We don’t need a special occasion. Let’s have a party to celebrate life, to celebrate us because as they said, we are all here with a purpose, so yes, let’s go ahead and celebrate!