Sunday, August 24, 2008

Where does the time go?

It's one death after another, lately. The deaths are not of people to whom I was ever close, more like people one degree removed from me, thus leaving me feeling badly for my friends who are dealing with the shock of unexpected and, in some cases, tragic deaths.

A thought keeps going through the back of mind.... "Is this a training period, of sorts, for me?" My mother, stepfather, aunt, father are all getting up there in years. I can't imagine my life without them in it....and yet, people everywhere deal with these losses every day and my closest friends are dealing with this pain.

It started with a plane crash, then a recently diagnosed Alzheimer's patient, then a 41 year old with diabetes, then a friend's uncle who had not had heart problems in 25 years -- massive heart attack at home and then a woman whose reputation at work simply glowed.....heart attack while packing to move she and her family to a new home.....because our company was closing her office.

I'm sending love and warmth into the Universe on behalf of these people and those who loved them.

XOXO