The Loss of a Life

I found out today that one of my former students, Joseph Roberts, lost his battle with cystic fibrosis.  He'd finally gotten a match for the lung transplant, but pneumonia followed and his body just gave out.

I know that he's not suffering anymore, but I grieve the loss of what would have been an amazing husband and father - determined, intelligent, funny... He made my life and the world a better place just by being in it.

So amazing was this young man, that it never occurred to me that he wouldn't beat cf.  I know that God knows what he's doing.  I know that when life doesn't seem fair, that there must be something I don't know.  This is one of those times.