LIFE IS PRECIOUS
I get it... I don't always
remember it. But when really bad things happen... especially to amazing
people... boy it shakes you, wakes you up and makes you reflect on your life. I
can speak from experience. Before marrying my now husband, I lost my fiancé fourteen
years ago in a sudden death accident up at Baldi Point at Alta Ski Resort while
he was snow shoeing. My Mom lost her husband fifteen years ago, while walking
across the street; a car, right in front of her eyes, hit and killed him
instantly. She's strong and went on, but it changed her. Two years ago my Mom
died; not from the cancer she had, but from an infection she picked up the
hospital; that killed her within weeks.
Recently, a friend lost her
husband. They were the most in love couple I've ever known. Whenever we were
around them, we'd watched their adoring ways and could feel their unbreakable
love for one another. I don't get it. Why did this happen to them! Why does God
take the good ones? Sometimes I believe it's just that, no explanation other
than he wants the good ones. Here is a story about how I learned why; I
once met an older woman, a very wise beautiful black woman. She had eight
children and twenty-one grandchildren. After I lost my fiancé, Jeff, I was in a
health food store with my Dad, the same week Jeff died. My eyes were red and
swollen, my head hung low... she walked passed me, stopped, and said whatever
those tears are from, it's not worth it. My Dad looked at her and told her what
had happened. She then apologized, stepped closer to me and took both of my
hands in hers, and said... "My dear, I'm going to tell you something
and I want you to remember; when God takes something good away from us, it is
because he has something greater in store for all of us". At that
moment it didn't register, I just cried more. But in my deepest darkest
moments, when I felt like I couldn't, and didn't want to go on, I had to find
faith. I knew I had to go on, but I didn't know how, so I remembered this woman
and thought about what she had said to me, and hung on to those words. I was
still deeply depressed; I didn't know what that "greater"
thing was, but I had faith there was something God had in store for both of us.
I will NEVER forget this
woman. She was a passing angel who God sent to me at just the right time. Her
simple words got me through some tough moments. I have continued to apply that
message to every difficult situation I encounter.
Your world will never be the
same. This experience changes you. You find strength in yourself and in the
people in your life you never knew before. Keep your faith. No matter how much
you don't want to wake up some days. Everyday that you do, you are one step
closer to healing and one day closer to the next chapter of your life opening
up again. You can't see it now, but faith will guide you.
My heart is heavy for my
friend, and my prayers are with her.
Dedicated To Jen Hurley Klee
My Mom always said: You may not end up where you thought you were going....but you
will
always end up where you were meant to be......
