an eventful day

it was the most eventful day of 2007 to date.

gary woke me up this morning only to tell me that my bestie at church,eunice's mum passed away and i was just shocked yet again.. we all knew she had been suffering from a relapse of cancer and it has already spreaded to her liver and of cos,there wasnt much time left for her..but she never once gave up and kept fighting on until the day God took her away

auntie lydia, i remembered was a really quiet soft spoken lady..even though she was ill, she never told anyone and stuff cos she was a really private person..but of cos eunice being my best friend in church shared with me her pain and all..

i went to the vigil service at her house earlier on and when eunice saw me coming from a distance, she started walking towards me quickly, threw me a great big long hug and started weeping. I could feel her sorrow and grieve and i cried too .. we both stood there for a while without speaking.. there wasnt anything i could say to comfort her but only my presence which i hoped calm and cheered her up

i stayed there for a couple of hours often telling eunice that if she ever needs anything, just give me a call and i'll be there.. she has 2 younger brothers 12 and 14 very young and i guess they cant really comprehend the situation much although they were quite prepared too.. sigh

there was another passing on also, uncle henry , he was in charged of the children's before and after sch care many years ago and my dad worked with him for many years and when i had my sch holidays in the past, i often went over to help and thus knew that uncle was a very God fearing man who was always so helpful

uncle henry has been suffering the onset of a brain tumor for many months and has been going thru chemo..i remembered once i saw him in church being the same old him and as cheery and 2 weeks later, his hair was white and he lost like almost half his weight, he cudnt even stand properly and needed the help of his son supporting him

that very sight made my heart ached.

the deaths of 2 people i know of taught me how short life is and how we ought to treasure what we have right now for we never know when will God take us home

2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith