I will not take these things for granted

...Please, please God, help him be someone who feels compassion, who feels God's presence loose in the world, who doesn't give up on peace and justice and mercy for everyone. And then one second later I was begging, Okay, skip all that shit, forget it - just please, please let him outlive me. - Anne Lamott, Operating Instructions

Parents should never have to bury their children. - my coworker, whose father I watched bury her today.

Rest in peace, my friend.