Make the most of it

Yesterday, I received news that a good friend of mine from Kansas had died of a massive heart attack. He was my age, 48. Though he had been quite overweight for several years, and battled high cholesterol, it still came as a shock to me, and it has been on my mind yesterday and today. Just two weeks ago, I came across the obituary of a friend I had worked with while in Wichita; she was just 54.

Then tonight came the news that singer Dan Fogelberg had died this morning, at just 56, having lost a battle with prostate cancer. Again, shocking. I remember when his first big single "Longer" was released...his music was a big impression on me in high school and college.

It is overwhelming and sobering that these people left us at such a young age. Make the most of life, my friends. We don't know how long we have.