The Moral of the Story

This weekend, I was reminded of the importance of perspective.  My cousin's wife lost her father suddenly at a family member's wedding.  Take some time to re-read that sentence; taking in all of the loss.  She lost her father, her mother lost her husband, her kids lost their grandfather, the bride and groom lost some of the joy in their day, and he lost his life.  It's been said time and time again but life truly is short. 

My sister called me to tell me the news.  Just to set the stage... my sister, Rapunzel, is one of the strongest women I know.  She has a couple Master's degrees, 3 of the most adorable little boys you've ever seen (one of which was recently born at home... told you she was strong) and so much natural artistic talent and ability. She just seems unshakable to me. Things just roll off her back.  In that sense, she's the exact opposite of me!  Anyway, when she called me this weekend, I could hear in her voice that she was shaken.  After telling me about the details she rattled off a run-on sentence that I can still hear in my head.  She said "Life is short Monique, it really is, do your blog, do whatever you want to do because you just never know." And to me, that, is the moral of the story. You just never know.