Life's Cruel Twist

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Last night, as I was preparing for bed, I reached for my phone to check what the time was. It was around 10:24 p.m. when I saw a message notification; after opening it, my heart sank when I saw it was from my friend. He sent it just 47 minutes earlier, at 9:37 p.m., which read, We lost our baby this afternoon. She was buried an hour ago.

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This precious little angel was just barely seven months old.

All I felt as I was reading the text message was a wave of heartbreak washing all over me. I couldn't process what I was reading.

Their little angel was their first daughter, and I can't bring myself to imagine the pain and grief they are feeling at the moment. As I sat on my phone, staring at my phone blankly, trying to come to terms with the loss, I couldn't help but think about how fleeting life can be.

One moment, you are rejoicing and celebrating a new life, and the next, you are faced with unbearable sorrow, pain, and sadness. To me, this is just a harsh reminder that life is precious and can change in an instant. I can't believe that the very thing that ones brought us unexplainable happiness and joy can also be the source of our greatest pain, sorrow and heartache.

Since last night my mind has been racing with thoughts and emotions; I can't help but wonder how fragile life can be. How can something so beautiful, something that gives you reason to live and want to do better, something full of promises, be taken away from you in an instant? I know this is a question that I will never have an answer for; we can't question God, but it's one question that I can't shake off my mind.

All I have been feeling since last night that I got this message is a sense of sadness and empathy for my friend and his beloved wife. I want to reach out and offer my support and condolences but I don't even know what to say to them, I don't know how to go about comforting them. I haven't called any of them because I don't even know what to say or where to start. I just can't imagine the pain they are going through.

Life can be unpredictable and cruel at times, but I believe that it's in moments like this that we're reminded of the need to cherish every moment we have with our loved ones.

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