The balance

It's funny how the cycle of life and death works. Awhile ago I was reading my co-worker's daughter-in-law's blog where she spoke of the pain she felt this past Mother's Day. Last year her and her husband lost one of their daughter's to leukemia. (Read my blog about it here: Abigail Morgan). She was talking about how the pain was almost too much to bear this year. I remember feeling a punch to my gut this year when I realized that there'd be no calling my Mom to wish her Happy Mother's Day (you think I'd know this after 5 years) and I remembered that feeling as I read her blog.

But then a few seconds later, I'm looking at one of my email accounts at a thank you letter from my cousin who I realized finished her A-level exams today. I couldn't help but smile because I remember her as a toddler barely able to see above the dinner table when she came to visit Jamaica. I remember giving her a piggy-back rides and it reminded me that as hard as it is, life does go on and God gives us his grace to balance out the pain.