Every minute, every hour, every day

I often find that most people take a lot of things for granted. Whether it is the fact that sometimes we dont appreciate that we have a roof over our head and food on the table or if it is that we have family and friends and people that really love and care about us. Sometimes we dont stop and think how much we should appreciate things...even small things like that pair of jeans we bought the other day...we were so blessed to have the money to buy those jeans, but to us its no big deal its just something we wanted. Three nights ago I found out that one of my good friends from back home in Kentucky was coming home from a trip with her friends and decided to walk the catwalk of a bridge. She slipped and fell into about 10 feet of water, her lungs filled with water, and she had brain damage. She was then flown to Vanderbilt Hospital in Tennessee. There she was put on life support and she died 2 days later. The police ruled that she was drunk and they also found some drugs in her system. Life is precious...and I know some people including myself hear that and say "Yeah, yeah we know life is precious," but if you really just stop and think for a minute...Kacey(above in picture) was just 19 years old...She thought she had everything in front of her and yet because of one decision everything she ever worked for, everything she ever dreamed of, is gone. Just like that. It really hurts my heart when things like this happen and it is so big when it is someone you knew, and were close to. I only wish that we would see this as a lesson, I hope her friends that were with her take this seriously and realize how a small decision to simply walk on a catwalk while you're drunk, can cost you your life. The reason I write things like this is to one get it all out. Sometimes you just need to let is all out. Also just to challenge everyone to think through decisions before you make them, they can have such a permanent impact on not only you, but also on everyone around you. We need to learn to take every minute, every hour, and every day and use them wisely, because we never know when it will be out last.