I realized how fragile life is today

[Mr 5 0]

Josh:

How very sad and how devastating for his parents, too.

Yes, along the way we'll lose people, many before their time. I have. I can tick off a (mercifully short) list of friends and aquaintances I've lost that were still in their 20's; dead from car wrecks, cancer, weird diseases no one ever heard of.

It stinks. Yes it's part of life but it never gets easier, trust me.

Life can be short. We all forget that in the routine and worries of the day-to-day blur we all live in but these rare tragic deaths, especially of a 14-year-old, remind us of our mortality and the fact that death is no respecter of persons and just being young isn't a guarantee of getting old. Anything can happen, anytime.

Prayers for the family and thanks to you, Josh, for offering us this very personal reminder of both the brevity of life and the preciousness of it, too. Carpe Diem.