Saturday, September 29, 2007

Life goes fast

My cousin Mark, one of the biggest FSU fans in the world came down last night for the FSU/Alabama game today.  I was happy to see him, hadn't seen him since Aunt Evelyn's birthday a few months ago.   It was nice having him here, his family has been going through some really hard times.   His sister's husband and a friend were out biking one weekend morning and at 8:00 in the morning a drunk driver hit them both and killed them.   Leaving my cousin and her two children without a father.  This just happend a few weeks.  Mark has been spending every weekend with his sister and niece and nephew.  This weekend he came here, mostly for the game, but also to be here with his cuz.   He reads my blog and knows I've been going through a hard time.  Sometimes things in life seem so unfair.   Life goes fast, and for me its scary to think that it could be taken away from me so quickly.  Death is scary subject, but I'm going to try and address it.   I was speaking to my mom earlier this morning she was talking about she lives past half her life and she wasn't afraid of it.   For me it's not death that's so frightening, it's the dying that scares me.    I shouldn't be so scared, because I know something is better.   But it sure makes me want to live more for the moments, cause when something tragic like this happens without warning, it makes us appreciate more what we have.   I read this somewhere once that, "What the caterpillar thinks is the end of life, the butterfly thinks is just the beginning."   I think it's about how we chose to live our life that is important, so that is my lesson for the day.   I will be glad though when the day comes that all fear will melt away, when I see the LIGHT.    It's beautiful out!  Time to go enjoy it, I think this is the best weather we've had all year.   I love the coolness as it hits my face.   Hope everyone else is enjoying it as well.   This is my cuz at Wimbleton this past year.   He spends 8 weeks each year teaching in London.   What a life, he really loves his job.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm so sorry for your loss, I can't imagine what your cousin and her children are going through...so sad!  Your subject for this entry made me think of Kenny Chesney's new song called "Don't Blink"....if you haven't heard it...give it a try. It has so much meaning...and is so true.  Dying scares me too, losing loved ones especially.... Hope you have a good weekend

Hugs,
Terri

Anonymous said...

I came upon your journal thru several other journals.  It happens that way sometimes.  I was stunned to hear about your cousin's husband & his friend being killed by a drunk driver at 8 o'clock in the morning...that would certainly be a time of the day, you should feel safe out there.   What a sad thing..my heart goes out to the whole family. Linda in Washington state http://journals.aol.com/lsfp1960/LindasWorld/