ALL SHOOK UP

My neighbors, The Shooks, lost a loved one this past weekend. Mr. Shook's dad died Thurday evening. He was only 66 years old. However, Mr. Shooks father, had been suffering from cancer. At his last Doctors visit about six weeks ago, they had only given him about two months to live. Unfortunatly, this came a little sooner then expented. No matter how expected death is, it always seems to come as a shock. Death seems to work that way. You know that it's coming, but is still a surprise.

At my last count, there has been many deaths since last November. Both Maverick and Sue died in November. Glen and Rick died in February. Only Leo died in March. Lastly, Mr. Shook died in April. I have yet to figure out, what is is going on. Perhaps it's just coinsidence, that we know all of these people. Personally, I never met Rick nor Mr. Shook. Although, my husband worked with Rick, and Mr. Shook was the father of our neighbor. However, since we are a close neighborhood, it effects us all.

I actaully don't have much to say, on the subject of death today. It just simply seems to happen. The older I get, the more accepting of it I become. So... ya'll try not to get "knocked off" today!