all the joy, and all this love

when you find that person, the one you want to spend forever with, open your eyes to each new day, and lie down beside when it's over, don't let them get away. this past week has reminded me just how short our time on this earth is. it seems like everyday i hear another tragic story of life lost, and only when it was just beginning. i, myself, have had my own almost death at the young age of 17, and every year, around this time, i am taken back to that day, that moment, when i would have never known life with will. our paths would have never crossed, and all the joy, and all the love he has brought into my life would not have existed. i find this astounding because, truly, that is all it takes. one instant. one breath. we don't have the control, God does.