Started to write an entirely different meditation this morning...but then LIFE happened.
A single call followed by many more...a cascade of e-mails...tears...disbelief.
A daughter of a Texas friend (Erin) letting us know there had been a terrible accident. Ed was dead...his wife in critical condition...a coma...very little chance of survival.
Just like that.
A blink of an eye. Gone.
Ed...who would debate politics with you till the longhorns came home...who was there in the trenches with us when Bill was diagnosed with leukemia...who celebrated his remission with us...who called devastated when his brother was diagnosed months later with the same and we were there for him...and then he died. Ed who was there for me when Bill lost his battle with leukemia...and later the same year when his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer I was there for him...and (now) our group around 130 or so musicians...friends who through the years have became extended family...who now rally to help Erin as she survives this terrible tragedy.
No chance to say goodbye...or get things in order
Just a trip to town...like so many trips to town.
Never to return.
It underscores the impermanence that is life and everything around us.
Nothing remains unchanged. Not mountains or rivers or oceans or stones...and certainly not people.
Life is far too short and fragile to do anything but love one another during our time here.
Love and Light,
Carla
