Today I was reminded that I need to be grateful for all of the wonderful people who are in my life and I want to keep those people close. I often am hard on myself and when I don't meet my goals I get very frustrated and down on myself. But it is not the end of the world, I am still healthy and able.
Today I found out that one of my co-workers lost her 16 year old daughter, only child, and best friend. She went in just before Christmas to have her tonsils removed and in the days following developed a blood clot in her lungs. She was rushed to the hospital unconscious and unable to breathe and was put on life support. Only a couple days later she began hemorrhaging and passed away on New Years Eve, only a week after the surgery.
This tragic event is a stark reminder that anything can happen to anyone at anytime, I don't want to take one second for granted. The grief that her mother must feel weighs heavy on me and I know there is nothing I can do to ease her suffering. Keep the people you love close and remember that when you look back, it is the love and relationships that you will remember and not the misfortune and difficulties that seem to occupy your thoughts in the present.
May God bless and keep Courtney Brown and comfort her mother and family she left on this earth.
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