Transformation Thursday: Life is short!

Life is short to wake up with Health, Love they people who treat you right, Forget the ones who don't, Believe that EVERYTHING happens for a reason! 

Everyday I wake up and I thank God for giving me another chance to improve myself, praise him for all he has done and will do, and love on my family and friends.  Life is short!  On Tuesday my aunt Yvonne, my dad's eldest sister, he has 4 sisters total, went on to be with the Lord.  She had small cell lung cancer and told no one how serious it was, had a do not recesitate order, and was only 62.  Life is short! She leaves behind her only daughter, my cousin, Dovonte (DV), who not only has lost her father to cancer 5 years ago, but now she has lost a mother.  I can't even comprehend how she feels, having lost a father myself I can relate, but having lost both parents and not even being 30 yet, is unimaginable.  My mother told me the other day as my aunt's cancer took over her body that when my sister and I were younger she used to be extra cautious of what she ate, how she drove, and her surroundings for the fear of dying and leaving us without a mother and father.  Now, I look at my cousin DV and wonder if her mother my aunt Yvonne felt the same way.  Why didn't she let the family know how serious her cancer was and have a do not recesitate order put on her?  Did she not want us to see her suffer?  Did DV know how serious her mother's cancer was?  All I do know is that I serve a God who does things with PURPOSE.  Life is short! I know that God never put more on you than you can handle and I do know that my aunt Yvonne is in a better place and is no longer in pain. Life is short!  The sad part about it is that the last time I was home in December for Christmas I was suppose to go spend time with my aunt Yvonne, and never made it to see her.  I do remember seeing her for Thanksgiving and she was in good spirits, kissed me, had a smile on her face, and still called me "daddy's girl" as she was a "daddy's girl" like myself. 

Aunt Yvonne, I apologize for not visiting you over Christmas, but I am happy you are suffering no more. Please hug our heavenly father for me, kiss my daddy and tell him that I love him and miss both of you dearly.  I know that you like him will be my guardian angel watching and guiding me here in Texas.  I love you and so happy he took the pain away.

This is a poem my cousin F. Yvette Sanders wrote for my Aunt Yvonne.

Aunt Yvonne (Vonney)
You were a breath of fresh air
You offered so many care
You will be missed
Your bow legged walk
The joyful way you talked
That will be missed

Your name showing up on my caller ID
The way things used to be
Will be missed
The love that you showed
That everybody knows
Will be missed
Your desire to do for others
Showing concern like a mother
Will truly be missed

The gifts you made us from the heart
That couldnt be bought
Will be missed

I am at peace with GOD's decision
You're not in any more pain and I'm sure HE cleared up your vision
Even though you will be missed
I offer you now, this final kiss

Please pray for my family and for my safe travels as I journey back home for the weekend to celebrate my Aunt Yvonne's life.

Keep the Faith!

Until next time,
~E