Tragedy Brings Out Beauty

This past couple of weeks has been a blur.  So many things going on -so much sadness and beauty.  Our community lost a true angel, Kelsey Michelson.  She was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor a year and a hlf ago and fought the good fight.  She touched so many lives in our community with her positive attitude and infectious smile and also taught so many young ppl the harsh reality of life and exactly how short it can be.  Then as Kelsey is being layed to rest another tragedy of a different breed unfolds in at Sandy Hook elementary in CT.  So many unanswered questions and horror.  I can't even begin to imagine how they are coping.  It makes me sick to my stomach and so depressed...yet I find myself watching CNN and all the news shows after the family goes to bed every night.  Then we are hit with a blizzard and there is an accident on I35 involvong more than 30 vehicles...one of which a young Mother (age 27) got out of her vehicle to check on her baby in the backseat and was struck and killed-she was also pregnant with twins.  I can't make sense of any of it... I truely believe that God hand picks the "angels" he send to teach us all lessons. I have seen it happen so many times. They say, "Tragedy Brings out Beauty"...and it does. The beauty generosity, love, support, friendhip, thankfulness and forgiveness. It is a rude awakening to some of all the "little" things that we take for granted each and every day.  I know I need to remind myself constantly to "not sweat the small stuff".