First, a bit of the positive to brighten your day. Last night I was at the airport waiting for my friend Julie's flight to come in and there were a LOT of military personnell in the baggage claim area. I couldn't tell if they were coming or going, but they hall had the military fatigues on. I'm watching a young man of about 22 years old walk through and a little boy who was about 4 or 5 years old goes running up to him & grabs his hand. The guy looks down at him and waves, looking confused - he had this "who is this kid?" look on his face. He went to keep on walking but the kid reached out his right hand - he wanted to shake the guys hand. The soldier grinned and shook the kid's hand and the kid ran off. It would seem that it was totally unprompted. I wanted to cry. I hope that young man remembers forever when a little boy wanted to shake his hand for what he was doing for his country. It was amazing.
On a sad note, I got a call from Dad this morning - his cousin Alan died after a several year battle with cancer. They knew that he was going downhill, however when I spoke to Dad yesterday, they thought that he had a 3 - 6 weeks to live. He passed away quite suddenly last night. I think in a fashion it is a blessing because they thought that the last few weeks would be extremely painful for him, however this way, he went quietly. I feel bad for Dad - this is the man that he grew up with and played with like a brother. It has to be hard for him to see people close to his age start to pass away. I don't think about things like that because my parents are large in part still in good health. I don't like to think about people their age dying because it makes them mortal.
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