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My college roommate's family was in a car wreck this weekend. The accident killed her 9 year old daughter. I can't stop thinking about the pain that this family will carry forever. How do you move on from here? What are we supposed to learn from this tragedy?
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and this is a wake up call as to what my true blessings are. If you're on Facebook you see several people doing the daily "Thankful Posts." The posts from people who are thankful for their coffee or their iPhone are particularly irritating to me right now.
I'm sharing this horrible news so that perhaps Lauren's death can be a reminder to all of us to be grateful for our loved ones, to be patient with our loved ones, to appreciate our health and be as loving as we can be. It's a good reminder for me in particular because I'm often short on patience and get frustrated with my kids. I get wrapped up in our busy life and petty things become a big deal. Today Evy got the candy necklace at the grocery store and drank out of a flask at lunch. Because, really, who cares. When Charlie woke up at 5:15 this morning I wasn't irritated, instead I kissed her and played with her. I'll fall back in to my normal routine and forget to be thankful for the little things, but right now I'm trying to put things into perspective and find something positive in this tragedy.
Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
4 comments:
Horrible tragedy. A very nice post to remind us all we need to be thankful during this season & always.
Ohhh. So sad. Thanks for the reminder to be thankful for the important things Emily!
Well said Emily, thanks for the reminder that we all need once in a while. I'll keep your friends family in my prayers as well.
Have been thinking about you and your friend's family these last few days. So tragic, Emily. Things like this can't be justified or explained. Realigns your priorities in a major way.
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