Dealing with loss...

Yesterday was a very sad day.  Our dog needed to find a new home and that was very hard for me and the kids.  He was a very sweet dog and I'm sure he will be OK with his new family.

Then last night Sam got a call from the Bishop saying that a good friend of ours in the ward had passed away.  He was a wonderful doctor and left behind his wife and three young children.  He was in his thirties.  He had back surgery a couple of weeks ago and was recovering well and getting out of the house just recently.  Monday morning ( Oct. 20) he realized that he had a blood clot in his leg and had his wife rush him to the hospital.  That afternoon the clot moved to his lungs and he died early evening.  It has been a huge shock to everyone.  I can't even begin to imagine what my dear friend is going through to lose her husband.  I've been extremely emotional about it and can't stop thinking about her and her kids.  It definitely puts things into perspective.  We have no control over when our time here on earth is up.  Life is so fragile and so precious!  It makes you so grateful for all of your blessings and to have the people you love with you.  It makes you so grateful that we have the gospel and eternal families.  That we will see our loved ones again after we pass on from this life.  This is the first time that a friend of mine, someone Sam and I are good friends with, has died.  It's new for me.  Sam deals with death everyday with his work.  It has definitely made an impact on my life and makes me remember how temporal our lives really are.