My only regret living to this age is that you live long enough to witness the great circle of life spin many times, and we lose people. When I was a snotty youngster, you never lost anyone save for ancient relatives and the occasional friend in an accident, but it was rare. I've now been to enough to where I'm only going to one more funeral, and I won't know I'm there . . . . and while I truly feel they've all gone on to better things, they would, for those of us still toiling in this sometimes frighteningly cruel world, tell us to carry on for both them and ourselves. And it's not always easy . . . .
I long since realized that if it were up to me, they would all still be with me. But it's not up to me, and I can only trust that He knows better, and I have to live that faith and reality that this is how it is supposed to be for reasons I'll never know. They don't call it faith for nothing.
Joey
