My thoughts....

My thoughts are with my sister-in-law who lost her mother to cancer on Tues. How the pain runs deep for me when I hear of a loss of a parent. It hits so close to home. I pray for her during this time and her father and brother it is so hard to watch a loved one go through that and then to finally lose them seems like a relief in one moment then the worse grief in another. I pray for the grandchildren that were left behind that are going to miss their grandmother. I feel sorrow for the little one that is not yet here who has lost both of her grandmothers and they never got the chance to meet her or spoil her.

I have known of five friends who have lost a parent this year. I told my dad this week that he better take care of himself. The J-Boys have lost their Mimi and they lost their Grandpa G a couple of years ago. Their Granny has bi-polar and can't do much with them. They only have Papa to tag along behind and he better stay healthy. He told me that he plans to, but that we don't have control over things ourselves, which I know but it made me feel better that he said he would take care of himself. You think that you will have your parents for a long time, but it doesn't always work out like that. I pray that I have many more years with my dad and we have great memories. I have grown closer to my dad and my brother since my mom's sickness and then passing. You never think that anything good could come out of such a hard, sad experience, but when you least expect it, there is. I am grateful that it feels as though our family has gotten closer, I want to live this life with no regrets, I had such a close relationship with my mom and I would have regretted it if I didn't have the same with my dad and brother.