First things first. Everyone please hop over to Franklin's place (also known as Kick) and wish him a Happy 25th Birthday!!!!!! Woo Hoo The guy is getting OLD!!!!
Now on to my entry..
There is this lady at church that half the town must know. She is the widow of a local vet and her son took over the business when he finished school. The practice is right around the corner from me -- thought I do not take my kitties there. Mrs D is 85 years old and still driving until this past week. This past Saturday she had a heart attack and after she got to the hospital she had a massive stroke. Everyone at church has been praying for God to do what was best for her. I guess that He wanted her to be with him because she died at 3 am today.
I am not close to Mrs D. In fact there were some things about her I really didn't like. But for some reason I am really sadden by her death. Maybe because it seemed so sudden. Maybe because it gives you a wake up call about death.
At 85 Mrs D was still living alone and driving. I would see her from time to time at this little diner where I like to eat breakfast. Then, wham, heart attack (which all by itself she may have been able to overcome) and a massive stroke, and 2 days later she is dead. Two years ago another lady at church who was not a lot older than me dropped dead of a heart attack.
You always hear people saying how fragile life is. How short life is. But sometimes you just don't really think that tomorrow could be the day you (or a loved one) just drop dead.
I had 2 uncles to die suddenly. One was in his yard talking to a neighbor and he just fell to the ground dead. Another uncle died in a grocery store. One day years ago at work a man about 15 year or so older than I was at the time just fell to the floor there at work dead. All of these died without any warning of any kind.
I am not going to give a sermon here about God, about making a will or whatever else you may think I could address. I just wanted to share that whether I liked her or not, whether I was close to her or not, for some reason Mrs D's death has really sadden me and I am not totally sure why.
ps this is the same old entry if you get more than one alert. the size of the font looked great when I was keying it, looked fine the first time I looked over it. but when I came back to read a comment it looked so small so I am trying to fix that now.
3 comments:
The older we get themore it bothers us. I know That My great grandmother died when I was 12 and she had lived with me at the time. Then my grandfather. in my early 20s and my uncle close after. That bothered me But I was in my later 20's when My husbands ex was killed in a car accident she was 27. People dont believe it but that really bothered me.I mean that morning she was driving to work. She had costumes and material bought so that she could make costumes. She had things in layaway for the holidays started. Then she hit a tree and was dead instantly. It was all so sudden and each year I have noticed that death of people and they dont always have tobe close , seems to hit me more deeply. Five years ago a 11 year old boy died of our close freinds then the following two months later a lady only 38 my neighbor and freind had an anurisom and died. It was horrible and all just as her life and marriage for the first time in years had been on the right track.Things were finally going good for her. Lori
thats so sad, seems like so many ppl are just dropping like flies, 3 of my co-workers just had deaths in the family last week.
Life really is short and we never know. That's why I can't stand to be mad at my kids when I drop them off at school. If we disagree that morning I am a wreck until I see them again.
This reminds me of a poem, "Oh Margaret Are You Grieving?"
It is not just Ms. D. you grieve for but for your own mortality.
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