Ron's best friend Mike Lee past away last night very suddenly. I received a call from a friend telling me that she had heard that Mike had died. I was having a hard time comprehending it. He was a little younger than us and in good physical shape. I was sure that she had gotten some bad information. It was about 10 pm, and I didn't know that I could call his wife, and my dear friend, at that point, what would I even say?
At 1:30 am my phone rang, I answered to crying on the other end. Then the simple words, Lydia, Mike's dead. I talked and cried with Lori for a while. He was playing church ball and his heart just stopped. They tried to do CPR, but they just couldn't revive him. How and why do things like this even happen?
He has a special needs daughter that is Toph's age, he also has twin 11 year old boys. He was such a great Dad and husband. A kinder and more compassionate person you will not meet.
As Ron and I have been trying to deal with this loss we have really realized that life is just too short. We don't have time for anger over silly things. We just need to love each other a little more. Make time for that which is important, and get rid of the fluff that has little meaning. Take time to serve others, don't judge, and just make sure that those you love know just how you feel. This was definitely our wake up call.
At 1:30 am my phone rang, I answered to crying on the other end. Then the simple words, Lydia, Mike's dead. I talked and cried with Lori for a while. He was playing church ball and his heart just stopped. They tried to do CPR, but they just couldn't revive him. How and why do things like this even happen?
He has a special needs daughter that is Toph's age, he also has twin 11 year old boys. He was such a great Dad and husband. A kinder and more compassionate person you will not meet.
As Ron and I have been trying to deal with this loss we have really realized that life is just too short. We don't have time for anger over silly things. We just need to love each other a little more. Make time for that which is important, and get rid of the fluff that has little meaning. Take time to serve others, don't judge, and just make sure that those you love know just how you feel. This was definitely our wake up call.
2 comments:
Oh my goodness!! That's horrible! Mike was such a great guy! What a tragedy that he is gone! Poor Lori!!
What sad news! I just heard this morning. Poor Lori and Samantha and the boys. Our thoughts are with you and them at this time. He was a great guy!
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