Life

This morning, V text me before her first class. I was thinking it was going to be about helping her move into her new apartment, but instead I got a shock. She was going to Salt Lake for the whole weekend and wouldn't be back until Monday. Why? Because her cousin has returned to our Father in Heaven. He was 19 years old and the cousin that was right after V in the line up. I have never met this young man but V has told me a little about him. No one close to me has ever died or had someone they know die, but when I heard this, I started to cry. It wasn't the sobbing cries but it was real tears leaking over the rim of my eyes. I cried for V and her family. He was too young to go!

You never know when your journey here on earth will be completed. Too often people (mostly young adults and teenagers) think that life, on this earth, will go on forever. But how fragile is our mortal existence. V's cousin had done nothing wrong. In fact he was serving this country. There was a shooting that shouldn't have happened. Her cousin was a victim.

I have had a prayer in my heart and mind all day. I know that V and her family will be ok. They know of the fullness of His gospel. It hurts now but they know that they will see their loved one again!

V, thanks for everything you have done for me. You are such an amazing example to me! Stay strong like I know you are! My prayers will be with you and your family.