so here i am all wrapped up in my sob story of the day. american loses yet another reservation for my connecting flight but the lady in dallas rocked and i am cruising first class (’twas the only open seat)
…lalala….
and here i am getting you to share your horror stories…
and i am catching up on twitter and realize some of my friends’ friend died tonight. she is like my age or somewhere around it. and she had a blood clot in her brain. and she died.
and suddenly i realize how stupid everything else is except Life and Love and life and love.
i’m sorry, yall.
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14 responses to “when people die”
True that, Sister friend, true that.
Don’t be sorry! Death is a part of life we avoid WAYYYY too much! If we don’t look at the “point” of the ride, then we will just “Pass through!”
happens to the best of us
sorry for being open, honest, transparent, and HUMAN? don’t be sorry, just learn from it and move on!
I agree with Jen that it’s a “part” of life, but it was never intended to be that way. Death is a curse and it will never feel right, no matter how you look at it. We were created to live forever so death just all around sucks. The only good thing about it is 1. we realize how good life is and 2. we get to get out of here!
Anne,
Praying for your friends. A couple of days before my daddy passed on, I ran into an old friend. She was sharing with me about losing a loved one that very day. That loved one wanted nothing to do with God. Nothing. My daddy could not have loved God more if he tried. It made what we were experiencing even more a blessing. And the last couple of days of daddy’s life were not that pretty. Not until the last couple of hours.
hi anne,
love your blog :-)
I agree that the reality of being here today and possibly gone tomorrow is quite a sobering thought especially for those of us who are fairly young.
I guess we all must strive to live each day like its golden.
Anne, I’m really sorry to hear about your friends’ loss. It seems to happen that way sometimes. When a mountain comes in and crushes our little mole hills, reminding us of the big picture. I’m glad you made it sooner rather than later and able to connect with your friends. I’m sure a blessing to them in every way.
Anne, I hear you. We have had a hellacious three weeks of ministry where two students at our local high school died. We’ve had two students in our youth group talk of suicide in the last week and a half, and then, a good friend of mine from high school passed away. I feel like I’ve had more than enough death close by lately..but it seems that when it rains, it pours!!
I write this not as a “poor me” in ministry and life, but to say that I have not been living as if life could be this moment and this moment only! What a wake up call!!
As far as the “you all could pray for me…” idea (since this blog community is great at that..thanks guys!)…I am really in the anger stage. I have lost many friends for being 26 and this one is affecting me WAY differently than the others. I’ve never had the anger issue before. Pray that as I’m angry with God I don’t forget that God is God, I am not and He is to be praised just because He is God, not because I FEEL He should be praised. (By the way, I know He is to be praised…it’s a heart/head conflict!)
Thanks for reading my ramblings.
Lory
The dangerous part of caring about other people is that it hurts.
Although we all agree that the life lost is more important than travel snafus, you have nothing to apologize for. Corporate incompetence is a sin, and then Satan whispers “look how petty you were” when in fact you were trying to get AA to give you what you paid for despite their blatant refusals to cooperate.
Maybe Jesus came when He did because He knew the Roman-made roads traveled by donkey or even on foot were more efficient and dependable than the friendly skies. Can you imagine how little He would have gotten done in 3 years with all the wrestling with travel industry?
Wow, I’m truly sorry to hear about the death of anyone in our lives that bring us pain. You are right on though with your statement of the realization that comes with death, even more so at such a young age.
God will find us and reach us in any way possible.
Be bless!
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I sat and prayed for your friend who had a friend pass away! It’s easy to get caught up in life, circumstances….you still kept your cool through the whole ticket mess…that is impressive to me! :)
Death just sneaks up on us sometimes, affecting us in so many ways. Can completely change our perspective if it hits close enough to home. And as a side note . . . April has been a real downer of a month for awhile now. I notice so many people die in April (or at least in Spring). My brother passed on April 10, 2005. I will never look at life the same again.
Praying for you and your friend’s family.