Wake me up, when September ends.

Today was one of those days I can't describe. I've drowned myself in tears. I can't even believe I just wrote that sentence, I can't look at the word "drowned" ever the same. Life is precious. Every single moment you have, remember it might just be your last, or the last you see someone you love. Death hits hard. Especially when it's not common to you. So let me explain the reason why I can't feel my face, my face is dried from all the tears, and my heat is crumbling. I thought seeing someone get hit by a car was enough misfortune for the day. I thought that would be the only thing I'd have to write about, the only person I'd have to pray for. but no. God had other plans for this day. At first, when I saw the young person get hit by the car I was shocked. I mean about 13 years young they were. That was the first time I've ever seen my dad wear a seatbelt. At the same moment, my father and I shared something that is what God wants each and every one of us to know, how precious life is. We both saw it in each others eyes and knew that we only have so little time. Later that day I got the worst news I've heard in a long time, my best friends mom died at only 44. She drowned. How terrible of a way that is to die. I was only in shock. Such a good person. Beautiful too, inside and out. Why God took her, it's hard for me to grasp. God only gives things to people who can handle it, or people who need it. He wants to see those who can take the negative and make it a positive. Though it's extremely hard to see death as a positive, people do. My heart aches with the sadness filling the spaces around me. but behind every 3 tears of sorrow, there is a tear of joy. Joy that a community is brought together. Though it's sad we're only brought together over death, it's much needed. I ask you to pray for this family. Pray that they too will rise above and turn the negative into a positive and know that they have a beautiful woman watching over them day in and day out. In the end, this taught people, who didn't even think about events like this, to treasure every moment of life, especially with those you love. To not take things for granted and to love unconditionally until the very end. To know bad things happen but pray they won't. And to never ever forget that being alive is beyond amazing and that death leads us to new places and if you have faith, those places are good places. Overall, I hope people know how much an impact death has. You may not realize it when it happens to someone you don't know, but when it happens to someone you love, you finally understand. Life is a gift.