7/20/2013 - Don't hate, appreciate

I have no photo today. It didn't seem like a day to take a photo. I attended the mass of one of my coworker's husband. He died after a 6 month bout with cancer. A lifelong healthy gregarious man, who contracted liver cancer that spread to his lungs. He fought a hard fight for 6 straight months, using every ounce of strength through chemo, radiation, applying for every possible clinical trial to survive another day. It was the most lovely service. I'd never met the man, but I cried my eyes out having witnessed a lifetime of love and happiness in an hour and half long service. It was a reminder of how precious life really is. I had been in a petty fight with my sister all week over something we won't even remember in a few years. We were fighting because I felt wounded and attacked and judged and couldn't just accept her heartfelt apology and move on. My pride and my ego made me suddenly deaf to her words. We made up yesterday because she is braver than I. She offered the first apology and I was relieved of the burden of making the first move. I have made a resolution to stop dwelling on the stuff that doesn't matter. Appreciate the life that I lead today because you never really know what couldn't happen.