Dave Garrett

any of you that live here in houston heard yesterday about the abc news chopper that went down and killed the two men aboard. Dave Garrett is the father of adam, who mason goes to school with. I did not hear until today when i went in to drop mason off. i am shocked and oh so sad for adam and all that are affected by this tragedy. i did not know either of his parents well, the occasional run in at the park, school or a birthday party here and there. however i feel so sad for the loss. it makes me think what it must be like to be in shelley's shoes, to have to explain to that little boy what happened to his daddy.
a very memorable thing for us and mason that dave did was bring the chopper up to the school last year so the kids could see it up close & go inside. for months and months, even before that, mason would see one in the sky and say "adams dad!!". it was such an exciting thing for him to know someone that flew in one, and then to get to go inside as well.
i'm not sure what to do in these times of loss, that happen every day. except love the ones i love (and be kind to those i don't) and try not to sweat the small stuff (and hopefully carry that perspective with me longer than a few minutes).
love to you all