'Y' IS FOR YOU!

I had grand plans to write an upbeat and funny post today. I wanted to share an exceptionally wonderful "Y" post with you! I was going to go retro and do a post with our vintage yearbooks or find an unusual "Y" word. But then I decided I would write about you! All of you! The wonderful, down to earth people I know here and blog with. I was visiting Chastity at her newest blog and visiting Debbie and Chastity at their blog here. The tribute to their sister Shauna is exceptionally beautiful. Shauna lost her battle with cancer last week. She was so beautiful and young but the legacy she left will remain forever. I was thinking of the suffering this young wife, mom and sister endured and yet she never lost her smile. She was full of grace and faith and I spend my days praying for the family that she left behind. Life is never fair. It is unconditionally difficult most times like a balancing act on a tightrope. Yet we all muddle through it. Shauna went through life with such a passion for living and loving those closest to her. She had such a faith that I wish I could have sat and talked with her during her brief life. When I heard Shauna had cancer I started to pray but never underestimated  God because He had a different plan for Shauna. One perhaps none of us can understand right now. We all need to share a kind word with someone we meet. Smile at a stranger. Make an effort to be kind and polite. Let people see your soft side. Let's honor the memory of Shauna with kindness. Let's spread it everywhere we go. Let's remember this extraordinary young woman. She was a rare gem in this old world.
I hope you join Jenny and all the other participates of Alphabe Thursday.
I am going to leave you this evening with some quotes I enjoy:

Life be not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
A life without cause is a life without effect.  ~Barbarella
Love is a symbol of eternity.  It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.  ~Author Unknown
Friendship is the only cement that will hold the world together. Woodrow Wilson
In time of test, family is best.  ~Burmese Proverb