I've come to realize that some things in life are not meant to be understood.  I will never know why certain illnesses are brought onto others, while some go through life without injury or sickness.  My family and my wife's family have been barraded with family illness this past year.  As I write my wife and I are visiting her father in the hospital who has been battling lung illness as well as mental instabilities.  My stepmother is getting through breast cancer.  And, my grandfather is in the early stages of alzheimers.  Sometimes it is hard to see God's plan.  I know that in each one of these instances there God is, watching, comforting, and teaching us new things about Himself and others.  

Love those around you.  Live life in joy and laughter.  Praise God everyday.