The Sound of Silence

It is fall and the crispness of the air takes my breath away sometimes when I walk outside of my house.
It is amazing to me, that a whole year has gone by again so quickly. School is going along at a nice clip and so has my workout schedule. Until Thanksgiving. Now I am back out of a routine and feeling a little flabby.
It also seems like very long ago we had an election. And yet, it was not so long ago. I am so glad it is over. The political commercials were about to kill me!
Little things have happened and big things have happened.
I was lucky enough to meet a new girl. She is a whip and fun to hang around. She likes to go for walks too~helping me to be unflabby.
Another lady I knew, although not very close too, died this past week from breast cancer. It is so sad. She leaves her 4 year old son. Just goes to show, you never know how long you have.
Another friend of mine from high school just filed for divorce. His wife was cheating on him. So much sadness near a time of year that is to behold so much happiness.
Another lady I know has had two children that she is close with die in the past few months. It breaks my heart to see such sadness on a mother's face.
How difficult can it be to bury your own child. Something I hope I never have to do. It reminds me of how the NBC producer is now feeling the same sort of pain over the loss of his 14 year old son in a plane crash.
Maybe I take on others suffering too much, but I seem to feel very sad over their losses. I try to put myself in their position in an attempt to empathize with what they are going through. That is taking its toll on me to. You cannot shut everything out, life goes on. But there is a fine line between reliving things over and over again and just feeling sad for someone.
Am I babbling yet??
Well anyway. Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas to all!!