Burning my soul clean.

[Brittany Chukarman]

It has really struck me how this is circle of life stuff. We have all either been through it or we will. There is no escaping it.

My family had many years of good life. Seemed like we could go on forever. Then it turned and we started losing people regularly to the point that there's not too many of us left. You never get used to it. Losing my Dad hit me the hardest but I was fortunate to have many good years with him. The only lesson I can take from this is to live life to the fullest.
Consider this. Every year on a tape measure is a year. Run it out to your age. That's what's behind you. Now run it out to your life expectancy. Make the most of those remaining inches.