Three deaths.
It was a day of devastating news.
This morning as I prepared to greet the day, I fired up the phone and saw a post...a friend mourned the passing of someone important to him.
A few hours later, another friend posted the news of another passing...a mentor, a friend, an artist.
Then, the news hit closer to home. Tonight, as I browsed social media, news of another's passing. This news differed from the others. Like the previous two, this person was a performer, an artist, a soul who needed to perform, to share her talents. However, unlike the others, she was younger, just beginning a new life in many ways with so much for her left to do.
Three posts...three lives.
Since last November, every Sunday I have tried to post topics with a singular theme...giving thanks. I thought of writing about something else, something not focused on the passing of three extraordinary individuals. But the only reason we mourn, that we feel sad is because they touched our lives and made them better. They were important to us. They were loved and as we all know, when we open our hearts, we leave ourselves open for pain.
The three...an actor who inspired and impacted millions, an author who wrote books and helped create world-famous conventions, and a local performer who I watched entertain thousands...each a light that touched our souls, each leaving a void when that light is gone.
I am thankful for their hard work, for the art they left behind, for the lives they changed, for the better world we all have because of them.
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