A Time for Us.

When I got news that my Mother died, it was almost 12:32 p.m. and I just finished a business meeting. It was a matter-of-fact text from a brother in law. He sent it to a niece, too. There was no pre-warning, no hello to prepare the recipient for the worst news. My younger sister phoned me a little later with a prepared pre-news spiel but I told her I got the news already.

Life is like that a lot of times. It does not prepare you for the good or bad times. It just happens.

Death, divorce, disaster, disappearance. Or maybe on the good side, lotto winning, love requited, loss reversed. These things didn't happen to me personally; some did. These are just examples of how people can be jolted out, happily or sadly.

After recent happenings in my life and around me, I am now more convinced than ever, a solid believer in "happenstance, serendipity and randomness."

There's a time for grieving and a time for rejoicing. There's a time for questioning and a time for reckoning. There's a time for anger and a time for healing. There's a time for pride and a time for humility. There's a time for love and a time for parting. There's a time for silence and a time for communication. There's a time for a tear and a time for a smile. There's always a time for love.

There's a time for us.