Don't take anyone for granted. They can be here today and gone in a flash. Love your family and friends now. You never know when they will be ripped from your arms never to return to this earth.
I've lost a lot of relatives, including a husband, and yesterday I discovered a man I respected was taken away by cancer last year. It's so sad, because his wife died in 2006. Both were drug/alcohol addicted and the sad part is, they met in AA. They got married and had two children. I lost track of him after child #1 and was horrified to read his obituary on the internet yesterday! I learned since that he had gone back to his alcohol due to her addictions and they were never really happy.
So, please, hug your children, hug your spouse and especially hug your parents if they are still around, your sisters and brothers and everyone else close to you. Don't ever forget, life is so very short.
Oh well, no wonder I can't sleep at night! I have these thoughts.
