2012 - A New Year

My life is abundantly blessed. I am completely and utterly amazed that I have the life I have. At the same time I am completely and utterly aware that it can all be gone in an instant, in a moment, all that is right and perfect in my world can go spinning out of my grasp and out of my life. It's scary to think about that, losing the three most important people in my life. I do though. I think about it a lot.

It seems as though all around me people are losing those they hold close. It happens way too often and way more than it used to. Is it because I'm older? Is it because my friends and family are older? Is it because the world is much worse off than it used to be?

Whatever the reason, it is life. And in this life there is death.

2011 has been a year filled with death, cancer, and heartbreaking loss for people I love. I pray for them the peace that passes understanding and the assurance that beauty rises out of the ashes. I don't know how to help them except to just be present, present in the pain and to pray.