This morning
saturday the mother of my sisters best friend was rushed to the hospital after fainting for no apparent reason. she stopped breathing on the way there. they revived her and she began doing better very very early sunday morning. i dont know if she ever regained consciousness but they didnt think she was on the brink of death anymore. they werent sure about internal damage due to her shortage of oxygen earlier. she had had pneumonia for several months and was finally recovering from it within the past few weeks. she was putting the finishing touches on her daughters prom dress (prom is this next saturday). she seemed to be doing better...she died this morning. things took an unexpected turn. it was a blood clot in her lung. it was random and came with very little to no warning. just like that she was gone forever. i hate to think of how it feels for my sisters friend to look at her prom dress sitting there half finished because that is a brutally stark reminder of who is now gone. i have prayed and will continue to do so for the family.
what this illustrates further to me is a truth that i have known for a while even though i probably fail at it more than anybody. life is a frail gift that can be taken away from us at any moment without warning and it is not to be wasted. our loved ones could be gone forever or vice versa in a flash. for that reason you should never let the people you love forget who it is that loves them. sooner or later one or the other of you will go...and when that happens would you want to find yourself feeling like you never told them how much they meant to you? if you died would you want people to wonder or not even know that they had a special place in your heart? do what you will with your life as far as education and career choices go. but know that you have failed if you are without loving relationships in the end.
what this illustrates further to me is a truth that i have known for a while even though i probably fail at it more than anybody. life is a frail gift that can be taken away from us at any moment without warning and it is not to be wasted. our loved ones could be gone forever or vice versa in a flash. for that reason you should never let the people you love forget who it is that loves them. sooner or later one or the other of you will go...and when that happens would you want to find yourself feeling like you never told them how much they meant to you? if you died would you want people to wonder or not even know that they had a special place in your heart? do what you will with your life as far as education and career choices go. but know that you have failed if you are without loving relationships in the end.