corrie.

one of my sister's closest friends is dying.  of cancer.

cancer that started in her breasts and spread to her brain.

she's 35.  with two kids.  ages 4 and 2.  and a husband.  and parents and a sister.  and countless friends.

and as jason isbell says, she's dying alone.  even surrounded by so many who love her, this is all on her.  it's her death.  she's walking it alone.  countless people can be holding on to her physically, but there isn't a damn thing anyone can do for her.  nothing to keep her here.

and so all this talk about death.  and finality, its got me thinking.

as cliche as it sounds...and as cliche as it is, life is short.  and goes by in what seems and feels like the blink of an eye.

we are only here for so long.  before poof.  we're gone.  and everything that was ours is no longer ours.

i've thought so much in the last two days about what i need to learn from this.  i'm at a point in my life where i honest to goodness, attempt to learn from every situation.  because knowledge is power.  and making the same mistake is horrible.  and so i'm trying really, really hard to take in what's around me, and learn from it.  so much so that i can feel it in my bones.

i don't know what else to say.  i'm just looking for some peace through this outlet.

sorry for the depressing post.  pray for corrie.  and her family.

xoxo.