It has a been a very difficult week for my DD18. Three weeks ago she and her classmates were celebrating their graduation. This week, two of her classmates suffered great losses. One her classmate's father died Thursday and another of her classmate's mother died Tuesday. Both of these wonderful people were healthy up until their deaths. The father went in the previous week for minor back surgery and had a bad reaction to the anesthesia and his heart stopped. He was without oxygen for 6 minutes which led to loss of brain function. He was on life support and the family had to make the difficult decision to take him off. The mother of the other classmate was recovering from a hysterectomy that she had two weeks ago and had a seizure and died at home. They are not sure, but believe it may been a blood clot. This has been a tremendous blow to our small close knit community. The father had been a pastor of one of our churches for 22 years and the mother was very active in community service. They were both in their 40's and wonderful people. So sad...
Just remember to love your families and let them know all the time.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. -- Bernice Johnson Reagon
