No title, just sad.

I had a great holiday in Maui, I would go back in a heartbeat.


So back to reality, 208 emails, voicemails, deadlines and mysterious files waiting for me at work, laundry stacked up, my training schedule is way off the rails, no babysitters this week, Lacrosse games and doc appointment to get Raymond to and finally an Easter dinner to prepare. Wow, that doesn’t seem fair.


Then a terrible tragedy happened yesterday morning on the way to work. I take the bus into the downtown core and the driver was telling us about having to make detour.
You see, another bus had possibly hit a pedestrian, she told us. Once, I got up to the 11th floor of our office, it was quite clear below our building something bad had happened.
The police had everything blocked off and the bus sat grimly in the middle of the street for the remainder of the morning. I had a hard time focusing because you only had to pass by the window and feel a sickness to your stomach. It wasn’t long before news spread, the young woman had passed.
I felt bad for all the people that must be affected by this, the guilt, despair and the long road to overcome such trauma and loss.

Again, it makes you think how quickly things can change or end. Appreciate everything you have now, don’t say or do something you may not be able to rectify later, there may be no later, there may be no next time.

My anxiety at the beginning of the week now seems silly and trivial. I really do feel stupid about it. I should relish in the challenges that come my way, it is part of living.



My deepest sympathies and thoughts go out to the victims of this accident.



JC Masterson, Silent River Kung Fu, Alberta, Canada