About a month ago, a friend of mine lost his father due to complications in the hospital. After being faced with a difficult decision to operate on, the choice came too late as the doctors could not help him.

I received an e-mail about an upcoming Halloween party with a link that he created to pay tribute to his father.

It was very moving and like his family and close friends, I'll miss his father as much as anyone.

We take life for granted far too much and only when we lose someone close, do we stop and finally take a look at our surroundings, only to find it changed too much. More people should get out of the fast lane and take it one day at a time.