No Matter What.....

Lately it feels like the bad news of people passing away or news of someone having an illness is becoming overwhelming.....

One of my good friends told me something the other day that I can honestly say I never even realized....we were having a conversation and he said to me; "Have you ever noticed that when someone is getting ready to have a baby or just had a baby, it's like a new life comes into the world and yet one is taken....."

It is seemingly becoming one of the most true statements I have ever heard. Jackson was born in June, and in December we lost one of the most beautiful people I have ever met, Nicole was not only Gorgeous on the outside but on the inside as well, and undeniably the heart and soul of the family with her crazy quick wit, contagious laugh, and wonderful charisma....we will ALWAYS remember her beautiful soul and ALWAYS love her as if she were still here.

Another friend, was pregnant with her third baby, a baby girl when her sweet father passed away, undoubtedly the most tragic thing to happen to that family, and from knowing how much he was and STILL is loved, you know he was not only a wonderful human, but the best friend, husband, father, brother, uncle and grandfather to his family.

Yet...another friend is pregnant, and her husband lost an aunt just recently, and I did not know this person, but it doesn't make it less hard for his family and my heart and sympathies go out to their family.

Onto the whole point of this blog.....My family has just been hit yet again with bad news, in that the man I have called my "Uncle" for my whole life has been diagnosed with a rare form of Liver cancer, Angiosarcoma of the Liver. He will be seeing a specialist today. His daughter is pregnant with her first child, and I just can't help but feel like ....When does it ever end, all of this bad news.....I am heartbroken on one hand because of this, and on the other, so full of joy for my cousin getting ready to bring a precious little one into the world soon.

Please do not let a day go by without telling your loved ones how special they are and how much you love them, you really NEVER know how much time you have with them.

To all of my loved ones, family and friends alike please know this: Each and everyone of you is so special to me in your own individual ways, you all have had a hand in building and shaping the person that I am today, and I will always be thankful, grateful, and appreciative to that. I love you all and I hope that you know every day that someone out there thinks these things of you and loves you NO MATTER WHAT.