Sad Year so far!

As a family we have been through our fair share of deaths and this year has already been marked by 3.  You would think it gets easier but this one has hit me hard.  First of all Treavors Kindergarten teacher passed away in January.  Not only was she his teacher but her husband has been TJ's basketball coach for the past few years.  She had been fighting cancer and it won.  The second was an old friend of ours that we went to high school with.  His son was 14 years old and got ran over by a truck.  He passed away beginning of February.  We lost touch with him and we didn't know his child but recently got in touch with him through facebook.  To loose a child i could not  imagine the pain.  We didn't go to his funeral for the fact that it as a child and i really couldn't have handled it.  Last but not least a very good friend of mine since high school, her and i did everything together because we were single moms raising 2 girls. She had been looking for love for a very long time and found it and was married for little over 2 years.  Her husband came down with some heart issues and fought a long battle of this and didn't make it. It really puts in to perspective what we have and what can be taken from us in the blink of an eye.  I get mad at my kids for not doing what they are supposed to.  For them not doing their chores or simple things like brushing their teeth.  This has really made me appreciate them more and to love my husband for the support he gives me.  Yes he drives me crazy at times but doesn't every husband.  I am appreciative that my husband does this and i have him when times are tough he is there for me and the kids. 
With these deaths i know that they are not suffering and they are looking down on their families and cheering them on the whole way through this time on earth. 
Love your children, love your husbands and wife's, and cherish the the little stuff you just don't know how fast it can be gone and change lives forever.