Life is fleeting.
It doesn’t need to be said yet it is often forgotten.
Life is precious and wonderful and painful and unfair and fleeting.
It may seem never ending at times but don’t be fooled. It’s gone in the blink of an eye. You take a breath and you’re in college, you shed a tear and you have your first job, you laugh and you have a family and then you blink and it’s all over.
Life can so easily be stolen by a vicious murder or equally vicious cancer.
This does not mean that it is pointless, or to be taken for granted. This means quite the opposite in fact.
It means that every moment you spend with your husband or your mother or your sister or your son should be a moment of unquestionable love. You do not have to say it every minute of every day, but show it. Make sure the people that you love know that you love them so that when you are gone they remember you with happy tears in their eyes and in their hearts.
It means that you should never take the people in your life for granted because you do not know how long they will be in your life.
It means that you should live with the intention and the attitude that you do not and will not be taken for granted.
It means you should make the most of every smile you smile and every tear you cry because you never know when they will be your last and the overwhelming sensation of being full of emotion is what makes life worth living.
I have been so lucky in my life, so fortunate to know some truly amazing individuals. I was lucky enough to know one of the most beautiful women, inside and out, that anyone could hope to meet. She was strength, she was courage, and though I never told her she was and always will be my inspiration. I loved her in life, and I will continue to love her in death.
We should all be so lucky to know an amazing person like this woman. We should always tell them how much we appreciate them.
Tell your role model, tell your mother, tell your friends.
And live each day like it’s your last.
Rest in Peace Aunty Angela.
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