Life stuff.

During the early hours of thursday a man I have never met passed peacefully into that great void. He had succumb to cancer after a four year battle. This man mattered to my family because he had given us a great friend and sister-in-law. And so it was that on thursday it was decided that we would travel to St. John's to be at her side.

At times like this we put aside all else to focus on the life and loves of those that have passed and reflect upon what they have contributed to our lives. We also discover the beauty, of how families become entwined that mere years before had nothing shared. I was left to reflect upon how death pulls us from the ride that is our everyday and allows us to sit on the side and observe how meaningless much of what we do is. It is time much needed and it leaves those most affected to determine when they should step back onto the ride and resume whatever it is that they have drawn away from.

This is just a note to self to sometimes step off the ride.