Life can be bittersweet.

Tomorrow is my 25th wedding anniversary. Right now that is one of the furthest things from my mind.

I found out tonight that the father of one of the doctor’s I have transcribed for for over 15 years died unexpectedly in a boating accident. He was a healthy, vigorous 70 year old gentleman who loved life and loved living it. His death was really just a tragic mistake. An instant of carelessness that we are all guilty of, and in a second he was gone.

I feel such pain for my friend. I remember losing a loved one unexpectedly and quickly. It’s like having an ice bucket dropped on your head, or losing your breath unexpectedly. The emotions, the anger, the grief just envelope you. I know the pain and fog she will be in and there is nothing that anyone can do to make it any easier. Time is the best cure for grief. Maybe work and routine is too, at least it always has been for me.

Anyway, I just found all of this out tonight and I am finding it hard to concentrate on much of anything else. A reminder to me I guess to not take tomorrow for granted, and to let the ones I love know that.

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