In the past few weeks, I now know of two people who have passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack. One was 59, the other 65. I can't stress enough how fragile this life is. I won't drone on and on about it. These individuals, in my eyes, were still very young with lots of chapters in life to fulfill. Now they are dead. The word dead has such finality to it. Death has a way of filling those left behind on this Earth with such grief and sadness. Although those that are no longer with us, would want to continuing living our life to its fullest to the very end, the entire concept of death can be hard to wrap our heads around and something hard to imagine, especially when death happens to someone closest to us.

How to we give thanks in the midst of death. It may seem incredibly selfish to continue living happily and continue on, but it's not. God has a plan for each of us. He wants us to live our lives to the fullest too.

As I was driving the girls to school today, after a somewhat difficult morning, my youngest made a very negative comment. She goes, "Mama, this is just the worst most awful day already." Although there was some merit to what she was saying and I wanted to validate her feelings, I instead said, "This is actually the BEST day ever because you are still living. Etta is still living. Daddy is still living. I am still living. We have the chance at another day to be together and any day we can still be together is a good day and we should be incredibly thankful for the gift of our life here today. Sure there is some bad in our day, but we can always find the good." I could tell she was pondering that and she then said to me, "It is the best day because I can kiss you and feel your warm hug when before I get out of the car and go to school." My youngest and 5 and I think on her own level she felt what I said.

Thank you for this moment here and now Lord. Thank you for the breath of life one more day. Thank you for those of my loved ones who are still here Earth side with me. I may never be ready to experience the death of those I hold near, but I trust in your plan for me and for everyone else I hold near, in my life. Death may feel so final and it can be full of grief, but I also have faith that one day we will all be together again and you will be there too. Thank you for each and every breath we take today and for this life I have been given-Amen.

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