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The latest Spirituality article was hard to write. It was hard to write anything this week. I just lost a cousin to a car accident. So I decided to try and write about what I was feeling.

A Funeral

It is a lovely article Michelle. I'm so sorry for your loss.

One thing that I did take away from this funeral is that you have to LIVE each day.

My cousin was only 34. She had a 7 yr old son. She did not get up that morning thinking, "This will be the last day I see my child."

She was probably thinking like most of us do; "ok, so today I'm going to the grocery store - I better get some peanut butter for M's lunch tomorrow. Oh, and I have that get-together on Saturday, so I need to stock up on some coke and chips and stuff...."

I look at my calendar, and with 3 kids I have my days planned out in hour increments and planned for the next 3 months!

I realize that we need to make plans, but I also just realized that I have forgotten to take advantage of each day. I get so caught up in what I NEED to do, that I'm not paying attention to what I AM doing.

So I told my husband I wanted to have a party - for no reason, just to have friends over for conversation and fun. I don't want to miss seeing someone ever again.

So true Michelle.

I think you could turn that post into a nice article.

Already am.

I should have known.