What is precious?

Today we heard the news that a friend of mine lost her oldest son to a car accident. She is in shock. How does one plan a funeral for a twenty something year old child? The loss is devastating. It makes you pray for the protection of your own children and leaves you to wonder how you can possibly help at such a tragic time. I still don't have the answer. I do know that as long as we have our loved ones with us we shouldn't be petty about the little things that in the long run don't matter. Just hold on and love them while you have them.

Speaking of loved ones, my daughter is coming on the 14th of February and my son is leaving for the Army in March. He likely will have to go to Iraq and he is proud to serve his country as my daughter already does in the Coast Guard. I can't understand people who put the military down. I don't know if it is ignorance or stupidity. I just know without the line of defense, we wouldn't be the free country we are today. Some of us make great sacrifices to protect our nation. Others don't do anything to protect our nation and whine about those who do. Oh well, those in the military protect everyone's rights.

I guess I am a little down today. The death of my friend's son has taken the wind out of my sails. There are definitely many good things going on in my life. I am making progress with my projects for the Builder's show. I just about have the front entry designed, I have all the material together for my seminar at 12:00 on Saturday at the show, and I have almost all of my stuff together for my private booth. I'm trying to stay on top of everything so I can spend some quality time with my daughter when she visits.

I'm starting my healthy living class tonight and am looking forward to doing it. For four weeks we will be discussing how to be responsible for our own bodies. Your invited!