The Beauty of Our Time

In recent weeks and days, there have been losses of friends and loved ones. It is especially difficult during the holiday season. Today, a very dear high school friend of mine passed away suddenly and I am praying for his family and all of us who knew him and love him still. Makes me even more aware of how precious and fragile this life is, and why I encourage each of us to love one another dearly, fiercely, while we yet have breath. I wrote a poem in loving memory of a cousin who passed away too young not long ago, and I wanted to share a portion of it here with the hope that we will indeed cherish the love we've been given every moment we have life.