What I have learned

This week we have had some tough learnings here in the Mitchell households. On Wednesday morning, a co-worker of mine passed away. It was unexpected on all aspects. The harder thing about it was that she was pregnant (days away from being 36 weeks and considered full term) and the baby had passed away on Saturday morning. Just to keep it brief, she had what I would call a perfect storm of pregnancy complications that caused the baby to pass away and then caused her to pass away as well. Heartbreaking. This has slapped all of us in the face at work. Her service was on Saturday and it was beautiful. The reason why I am sharing this though is to reiterate that you really have no idea when your last days on this Earth are going to be. Maya had truly no idea that this was anywhere even close to her future. Our last conversation on Wednesday was a happy conversation about how good she looked and how excited she was to be on maternity leave during the summer. She was excited about dressing her baby in basic shorts and onesies all summer and drinking kool-aid in pitchers. One of her complications was gestational diabetes and she could not have the sugar. But the whole situation shocks you and makes you remember that the next day, or even the rest of today is never guaranteed. You really just have to take each day on its own and forget all of the BS and appreciate what you have. So that's what I will be doing from now on!