Complexities of life

So three things are standing out to me today concerning life.

1. The death of my 3rd grade teacher, who I was helping in her class not two weeks ago, whose wake is today.

2. A relative's graduation party today.

3. A friend's break-up.

All three are both happy and sad. A full, meaningful life that was cut short. A great accomplishment that leads to uncertainty about success in the future. An important relationship where both had fun times but times that won't return.

Short of actually dying, I have experienced all of them, and it's interesting to be an outside observer and not be directly involved.

It's one of those things that I can't really express in words. But I can definitely feel them and it makes me take a moment and go "huh", sitting there in my mind, looking at those situations and remembering my own.

So... yeah. Mixed emotions.