I know I haven't posted in awhile, and I didn't mean for my return post to be so depressing, but I really feel like I need to post about this for the sake of being able to mentally process it better.
I received a phone call from my mom early this morning telling me that a young man that I'd gone to high school and church with had been killed over the weekend. We weren't great friends, I actually thought he was kind of a jerk in high school, and though I hadn't seen him in several years, I knew he'd grown to be a real stand-up guy, a proud member of the Navy, and a great father.
I guess I'm troubled by this news mostly because it's brought the issue of my own mortality up to the front of my mind. I've been saddened by the recent celebrity deaths, as well as the recent deaths in my family, but they haven't really effected me the same way. This young man was only a year or two older than me. Logically, I know, something could happen at any minute and I'd be gone (yes, I know, a morbid thought, but it's true), but that's always a thought that's off in the back of my subconscious, not right up at the forefront of my mind. I honestly don't really know how to deal with this...while it doesn't directly effect me, I am very saddened for his family.
My heart goes out to his family and friends, and I hope they can find some peace in their time of grief.
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Wow. What a time to lose a friend and be struck with the whole question of mortality. You're already feeling all of the weight of bringing in a new life (no pun intended)... and now to be faced with the ending of a life on the other side. Chin up. At least you have love in your life to make it all worth living, with whatever amount of time we're blessed to have on this planet.
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