i signed in to write about...

* how i am going to be tight pressed to cover 6 sections of the precalculus textbook in 45 minutes when i teach leigh's students later today

* major philosophical differences that i recently discovered between maple and mathematica (two math computer programming languages)

* how EXCITED i am to buy my own bowling ball finally later this afternoon

* how AWESOME my church's first annual women's retreat was this past weekend.

but then i read a bulletin from an old grade school friend. her mom died less than 10 months ago from cancer. then, her husband of 1.5 years was killed in an accident yesterday morning. she's 24.

i only met her husband once briefly, but i read that and my heart just ached for her. when things are going good, it's the little things that make life entertaining and fun. when something major like this goes down, all those little things pale in comparison to how transient life really is.

so instead of all those lots of things, here's the short version: pray for peace for sarah as she goes throughout this week and beyond, and make sure to hug the people you love today.

the end.