Life is too short

I just got home from visiting a man that was once married to my mother before she passed away. Three weeks ago he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was given 6 months to a year to live. It just makes me appreciate my good health and having lots of family and friends around. He is 77 years old and it is just so sad to live that long and then have to die from such a horrible cancer. Pancreatic cancer is ugly. He has lost 50 lbs in 1 1/2 months. He is a great man and it just made me think what would I want to do with my life if I was only given 6 to 12 months to live. It makes me want to be a better person and to live life to its fullest. I know that you are all thinking, why post such a sad thing, but I felt like Gordon Strickland is worth posting about. He truly loved my mom and if she were still here, she would want everyone to know that he is a great person and someone who doesn't deserve to have to suffer and die from this dreadful disease. Please keep him and his family in your prayers. I know that he won't be rid of the cancer, but hopefully the prayers will add comfort and less pain in his last months of his life.