Loss

Why do people die when they haven't finished living the life we think is still so full and ready for them?  Is it true that the good die young?  It seems like it lately.

Chris lost his wife Sara this weekend in a freak diving accident at Table Rock Lake.  I had met her a couple of times and she seemed like such a tiny girl to put up with Chris.  I mostly was friends with Chris, knowing him as Dien in our games.  The fact that she would marry him made me think she was made of iron cable, whip cord strong and narrow as a needle.

It is so tragic to lose one so young.  They were only married 4 years, but I know they packed a lot of living into that time.

Anything can kill you, that bite of steak that you didn't chew fully, the steps to the basement, a car accident, but doing something on vacation, something you had to train to do, at least that was something you chose.

Like when the trail guide died from being kicked in the chest at the barn I had worked at.

These are the things people choose to be around, they chose to do them even with some inherent danger.  Because the fun and the people we are with are worth it.  It is worth those memories. It is worth that time.  And maybe, sadly, it is worth dying to have that time, those memories, with them.

So make those memories with the people you care for, make the experiences you want to live happen.  Without those, there is no point in living.  Without putting forth the effort to create the life you want, there is no point to anything.

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