This last Friday I went up to the funeral of my great grandma. It is funny because I really never spent much time with her. As long as I can remember she has always been pretty frail. I remember Christmas’s and Easter’s going to grandma’s house and having to smile and try and listen to my great grandma as she told me some story that I didn’t understand. So Friday was hard, it was hard to know how I should feel, it was hard to see my family have to suffer. Looking back at my great grandma she was 100 years old, that blows me away, I had no idea how old she was. She went to church every Sunday, the pastor had some great stories about her dedication to being at church.  She had to deal with not only losing her husband after 40 years of marriage but also outlived her son. She has been through a lot and yet I hardly knew her. As Julie and I were driving home today it made me realize that we are getting to the age where people that we love, relationships we have are being affected by death. It has been a rough couple of years as we have watched several people we care about pass away. It makes me realize that life is short, relationships are important, and we need to take advantage of the time we have with the people we care about.  I know we can take comfort in the fact that the people we have lost in the last few years we will see again but we still need to make the most of the time here on earth. This isn’t much more than just a bunch of thoughts but I thought I would share for anyone who cares.