Annie

Lately, I've been distracted by how cruel and arbitrary nature can be. I watch as nature takes mothers away from children forever in a blink as they head to work in a car. Or it whisks 59 Russian children away from love forever in the suddenness of a lake swallowing a boat. I just read that a boat can sink so fast! Faster than I ever realized. An aneurism is just as quick, taking away someone's dad while on a family vacation in Mexico. A tumor can be slower. Life can be stolen away. Is everyone aware of this all the time? Am I just now getting the memo? It seems like new information to me, though I am not a new or naive person.
As someone who is currently very riding on a beautiful wave of young love, these days I am also quietly anxious about the future, given nature's tendency to be reckless with people's loved ones. I want to have a child. Maybe you can assure me it'll all work out ok.