My dad called me earlier and after getting off the phone with him, I got to thinking about the death of his friend. As you may know from this post, his friend Red passed away suddenly last weekend of a heart attack, he was 43 which is the same age as my dad. My dad takes vitamins and other medications to keep his blood pressure and cholesterol down because his dad died suddenly in 2002 of a massive heart attack, and hopefully if he does what the doctors say it’ll lessen the chances of him having one anytime soon.

I guess what it comes down to for me is that I never really took into consideration how life might be if one of my parents were to die…now, at a time when my brother and I need them most. It crossed my mind multiple times when he was in Iraq for a year and it didn’t help matters that my mom let me and my brother know that he had to get life insurance quotes done as well as update the will (having one is required by the military) and had opened up some kind of annuity account that we would get if he died.

Luckily, he came back home safe and unharmed – well to a certain extent but it doesn’t change the fact that some day my parents will pass, as will yours and they may pass when it’s least expected. I guess what I realize, and I probably realized this along time ago just never really took it to heart, is that the time we have now is precious and we shouldn’t spend it worrying over the small stuff. You never know when the last day will be, it could be tomorrow or a year from now.

Tags: Death, Family, Life

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