Looking Back

First of all, i'm praying for everyone in Texas right now... the hurricane is getting closer, and I cannot even imagine how scary that must be:( BUT... God is good, and nothing is beyond His reach! :)

Also, I heard some terrible news today, about a woman I had met and knew briefly this time last year. I just found out she isn't with us any longer, and it breaks my heart to think of what must be going on in someone's life, for them to turn to suicide as the "answer" to it all. She had children; she was a beautiful person with obvious struggles, just like everyone else in this world. I'm not saying that I have it all together, and please don't think I'm sitting up here on a pedestal, preaching to you about how WRONG suicide is... I know life is hard, I know it's painful, and in no way do I understand the pain that some people feel... but I also know that there's a Love out there that is FAR more powerful than any depression or way of this world. Personally, I can't even imagine; I'm just asking anyone that reads this to keep her family, her three grown sons, in your thoughts and prayers. They need all the strength and comfort and love that they can get right now.Take a moment tonight... hug your parents, daughters, song, cousins, friends, husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, dog... tell people how much they mean to you, tell them how much you appreciate them. Because not only is there a chance that you may not know something happening inside their heart, but you may not know if that's the last chance you get with them.Personally, I wish my relationship with this woman could have been a lot different. Had I known her struggle and the decision that she was soon to make, had I known that her grip was slipping... I may have done the right thing, loved her a little more selflessly... and taken her hand.