20 Apr 07

Life & Loss

What a 360 week it’s been….

My great grandfather passed away on Monday at the age of 95….
so sad, but he lived a long good life, so i can make sense of that.

My neighbor was killed on Wednesday during life fire excercises (he was in the army) at the age of 19…
Nineteen, a twin, a brother, a son, a child…..taken long before his time…..i just can’t make sense of this at all…

Then a special glimpse of hope….

Miss. Emily Margaret entered the world early this morning to my dear friend!

Life is fragile…..Life is short….Life continues & changes whether we are prepared for it or not.

Hug your loved ones extra tight today for me….

I’m off to figure how to make this knot in my stomach go away….
xo

Posted by Lauren in Inspiration, Random

7 Comments

  1. Kirstiegai, April 20, 2007:

    So true about life, my thoughts are with those families that lost loved ones and how lovely for another little lady to enter theworld!

  2. Traci Reed, April 20, 2007:

    Oh Lauren, HUGS!! That’s all I can say. My prayers are with that poor boy’s family as well

  3. Lauren, April 21, 2007:

    Thanks so much ladies! :) xo

  4. AngelaPowers, April 21, 2007:

    Lauren, I am so sorry to hear that! My thoughts and prayers are with hi s family!!! And I am sorry to hear about your grandfather asw ell (((hugs))) girl! Let me know if there is anything I can do!!!

  5. Rachael Giallongo, April 23, 2007:

    I am so sorry to hear of your losses. Hugs to you!

  6. grambie, April 24, 2007:

    So sorry to hear about your grandfather and as you said he had a full & happy life loved &
    cherished by family members. My granddaughter is heartbroken because she miscarried with her
    1st pregnancy, a girl, that would have been my 2nd great-grand, but 1st great-granddaughter.
    She was alive when they arrived @ the hospital in Atlanta, GA, but she later passed. Then earlier
    this year, another miscarriage. So she has promised that when she becomes pregnant again, she will
    return to Baltimore, MD for Johns Hopkins Hospital for prenatal care in their neonatal huge wing.
    She was born there as a preemie. I understand the hurt & love associated with death & the reason
    why. We want to keep our loved one with us forever. I still have not scrapped Keira II’s photos.
    I will use Mile’s kit to finally lay these photos to rest in their own album of love. A beautiful
    & loving contribution fron a fantastic design team. Mile’s Memory Kit of Love.

  7. Rachel Kendall, May 13, 2007:

    OMG..I’m so sorry. This and now your neighbor being taken way way too young. There’s nothing I can say that will help ease your loss…only time can do that, and the knowledge that (based on my belief system, of course) when a loved one is taken, its because they are needed more elsewhere…they’re such a wonderful person who’s given you so much love and joy and their path thru this world is to go on and do the same for someone else whether in heaven or on earth. Angels need to come from somewhere, you know? Anyway, that’s what made me feel better when my mom died suddenly at age 36 of a heart attack of all things. She was carded to buy cigs the week before she died…I was 16 and people used to think we were twins! LOL

    But that was more than 15 years ago, and while I still miss her terribly, especially at mothers day, I know that she lives in my heart and is off spreading a little joy thru the universe.

    So, that’s my take on the mystical! LOL

    My thoughts are with you. Keep your chin up….they would’t want you to be devastated by their loss, you know.

    Hang in there,
    rachel kendall
    orachel
    orachel54@yahoo.com

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