Plans

        It was a gorgeous summer morning as I, my brother David, sister Marcia, mom, dad, and baby girl were traveling home to Laramie from Colorado Springs where we had gone to visit my grandma. The atmosphere in the car was fun and filled with laughter. We were glad to be together. Our chatter was constant and our conversations often overlapped. One learned young that if you want to be heard in my family, you must …

…think that life, so precious, could be snuffed out in an instant. I looked out the car window as we drove closer to Denver. There were so many people with so many places to go. Did they know too how precious life was?         Somewhere people were at the zoo laughing, looking at the beautiful animals. We decided to return another time to see the animals. Right then, all our well-laid plans didn't seem so important.