Life Can Be Fleeting

In the middle of the week I received an email saying the husband of a friend of mine died. I don't know that I had ever met him, but I felt so sad. They had been in Utah for a family reunion and he died out there. I think that my sadness came from the realization of the fact that situation could be one that any of us could find ourselves in. I'm not fully sure why this particular one affected me though, because I've had friends that have died suddenly. I think it's partly a matter of the state that my family is in right now. There are issues of forgiveness, (or non-forgiveness I should say) going on and it is hurting everyone so much. I guess when I think of the fact that that family was together for fun and laughter, not knowing this was going to happen. They had a wonderful time of love and fun to remember his last days. If something were to happen to Steve or I in the near future, I wonder if some of our family would even bother coming home. And then you add to that all the wasted days and weeks and months where people won't communicate. It's just a sad situation in my life.