This afternoon, Sis. no.2 and I attended a funeral. People come and go, such is the flow of life. Deaths and funerals are commonplace in the fragile lives of humans.
This one however, was a little harder to swallow, because it was the funeral of a sweet little 5 1/2 year old princess. She is the daughter of one of our friends. She has an elder sister (who was Annie's classmate last year) and a younger brother.
She drowned at a swimming pool. It was an accident and nobody's fault. It is very tragic indeed, sad and scary as well. Tragic and sad for obvious reasons. Scary because this struck pretty close to home and it makes us realize that such an accident could have happened to any one of us.
So treasure every second you have with your loved ones. Life is indeed fleeting. Our children are only on loan to us from God. I for one am definitely going to ease up on the kids and try to be more patient with them! :) Even if nothing tragic ever happens, their childhood will pass in the blink of an eye.
As for the little Butterfly, at least we can be assured that she is with God in a beautiful place without pain.
Jesus said "Let the children come to me. Don't stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children."
Innocent children are guaranteed a place in heaven (Not as easy for us old buggers!) :)
May she rest in peace.
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