Life is a fickle affair.
Each day brings both triumph and tribulation and always there is the unexpected. If there is one thing I have learned in my lifetime, it is to expect the unexpected. And yet how can one ever be prepared for the death of someone you deeply love. Gerhard died one year ago of lung cancer. He had smoked all his adult life and knew the risks but unfortunately, in spite of all the statistics, he felt he was exempt - a shortcoming of many who smoke.