Passing

I learned on Saturday morning that a dear family friend has suddenly passed away. My heart breaks. I fight back tears that fill my eyes without notice. I still can't believe he is gone. All the things we worry about. Who did what to who. I can't keep score anymore.

I'll do it tomorrow we all think. Yet who ever promised us a tomorrow? We take it for granted. We assume it ours and no can take it away. Now and then we are reminded in a painful way that we are not in control.

There is way things are supposed to be and then there is the way things are.

I will miss you Dan. I regret the things we did not do and cherish the things we did. I am powerless to change a thing.

At the end of the day all we really have is hope.