The Luckiest

My mom shared this song with me this week, and I could not love it more. It makes me cry every time I hear it.

This year has been very sad for Joe and I. This year, we've lost:
My grandpa Cecil
My great-uncle Charlie
Our friend Kyle's sister
Our friend Joe's dad
Our friend Matt's dad
Joe's co-worker, James
My former co-worker, Guy (to suicide)
Joe's great-uncle Chuck
And, my cousins, Jon and Kim,lost their baby when they were 3 months along.

It just kind of seemed like we were going from funeral to visitation and then back again. You'd get punched on one side, get back up, and pushed back down again. And, well, it's been a bit exhausting.

And, you can't help but wonder if all this is happening to those you love most, why it is not happening to you. God has a plan.

Death makes you ponder life; and life makes you ponder death. I think I've pondered plenty this year. One thing that all of those people who we have lost have in common is love. They were SO loved by those around them, and well, one of them had no idea just how loved he was. They had lifelong soulmates by their side - whether it was a parent, or a spouse, or a child. They were lucky. They were blessed. They were just taken too early from us.

This song just spoke to me so much, and perhaps that's why it made me cry- just thinking of how lucky we've been, but also how lucky we are to have a soulmate to go through life with.

So, I'll dedicate this to my husband, who is having a bad week, but has always made me 'the luckiest'.