This block has been crazy, not just because of the subject matter but because of life. It seemed like the first block I was able to put life aside and focus, but I'm realizing life won't stay on hold for 2 years while I'm in PA school. I'm missing a lot--my entire family is in Clemson right now and my friends are celebrating the win. I'm so thankful I don't have a family of my own to worry about right now because I simply wouldn't be able to put them aside for this.
I'm not taking time and family for granted right now because my sweet Aunt Deedie passed away last week suddenly. She was actually a great Aunt but I was closer to her than many people are to their grandparents and my grandfather loved her so much and had such a close relationship with her. She passed away suddenly from pneumonia so we knew a day or so before it happened but no one was prepared for it. She had celebrated her 88th birthday with us just 2 weeks before, she'd been married 69 years, she had 4 children, 17 grandchildren, and 18 great grands (the last just arrived 2 days ago, and there is another on the way). She was blessed and she knew it. She loved the Lord and she was extremely joyful. She loved telling stories and she could sit and listen so well. She was an amazing woman and loved by so many!
Life just seems too precious to be studying right now.
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| Showing off her birthday pedicure at her birthday dinner 2 weeks before she passed away. |
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| My grandparents got her a toilet seat because she said hers was too cold--they all thought it was hilarious and she wanted a "serious" picture framed by the seat! |
Oh and a classmate has meningitis and is in the hospital. We got an email entitled "Potential exposure to Meningitis" tonight. I've been hypochondriaclly checking my neck for stiffness the entire evening. That would be top on my "Last thing I need right now" list. . .
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