I went online this morning to write about how much work I have to do and how stressed out I was, but after reading John's post I can't help but realize how trivial that sounds. Life is very fragile and it’s scary how often we all take it for granted. I don't know if this year is unique or I am finally growing up but this year I have noticed an uncommon amount of sickness and death around me, from close relatives to family friends and even professors. It seems as though I am surrounded. About two weeks ago a professor and close friend of mine was in a terrible car accident. I'm sure many of you received the email and some of you might have even had her. She was my first history professor, freshman year, and was the reason I decided to become a history major. I've taken her classes many times after that and we became friends. I keep hoping that things will get better and she will be ok, but I really don't know. As a student it is difficult to get information and I do not want to bother her family. I just can't believe it I met with her two days earlier and then she was in hospital. It is so scary how fast life can change. This accident makes me look at my own life. The number of times I have told my parents to stop worrying about me driving, or yelled in exasperation that I was an competent adult, nothing will happen to me. It can happen to me. She is a smart, young, successful woman and the reason we became close was because I could relate to her so much. We could all be her. I guess the moral of my story is that we all have to take every day for a blessing and be the people we want to be now, because we just don't know what the future holds for us.