Sad news
This week my family mourns one of our own. My cousin's wife died Monday of an embolism. They are little time bombs in the body, hard to detect, impossible to predict. Nothing could have saved her. She was 33 years old, one of the sweetest gals you'd ever meet, pretty and kind. We'll miss her. She leaves behind her husband, her 4 year old son and a 3 week old daughter.
We're all still in a bit of shock. I know I am. I remember seeing her last Christmas, how she rode Breezy, the cantankerous mare, and stood her ground with that horse, while she had a big smile on her face. She hugged her son often and she put him in front of her on the saddle when she rode Dakota, the docile gelding. She was sweet and she was brave and she loved her family deeply.
There are no answers for something like this. It's tragic and harsh and painful for the rest of us and will be for some time, maybe forever.
All we can do is hang together, help each other through it and remember how precious life is. We can try to truly cherish our family, our friends, even strangers. All of that might help us make sense of this some day.
Time passes swiftly by and opportunity is lost. Let us stive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life.
(from Evening Gatha)
We're all still in a bit of shock. I know I am. I remember seeing her last Christmas, how she rode Breezy, the cantankerous mare, and stood her ground with that horse, while she had a big smile on her face. She hugged her son often and she put him in front of her on the saddle when she rode Dakota, the docile gelding. She was sweet and she was brave and she loved her family deeply.
There are no answers for something like this. It's tragic and harsh and painful for the rest of us and will be for some time, maybe forever.
All we can do is hang together, help each other through it and remember how precious life is. We can try to truly cherish our family, our friends, even strangers. All of that might help us make sense of this some day.
Time passes swiftly by and opportunity is lost. Let us stive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life.
(from Evening Gatha)
3 Comments:
Stacy, I am so, so sorry to read of this tragic loss to your family - and so soon after such cause for celebration with the birth of their second child. I can't even imagine how your cousin is coping at the moment. My heart aches and goes out to all of you during this extraordinarily challenging time.
losing a loved one is always tough but it is gut wrenching to hear of a life that was taken so young. i loved your qoute at the end...i am going to steal it. xoxo, n
That's terrible Stacy. I'm so sorry.
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