Down the Rabbit Hole

Life is...

I learned this morning that my coworker lost his daughter to cancer yesterday. I can't imagine there is anything worse for a parent then to have to bury your child. I don't know what kind of cancer she suffered from, but she left behind young children of her own. I fear for my cousin who has been battling cancer now for the better part of two years. She also has three young children and though she has an uplifting, positive attitude, I can see the questions behind her eyes. I can see the worry in her parent's faces. There is the painful understanding that so much is out of our hands and can only be left to fate. I think about the small problems that I let consume me sometimes and I am ashamed by that. There is so many more important battles being fought every day.