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So I realize this won't make sense to many people and because I have to get up early for my 8am final in the morning, I don't have the time to really explain it, but...
I was looking through the photos of the BC Pipers dinner. I saw the one of the Vancouver Ladies. 25 years after they won the worlds, all but 4 of the members attended the dinner. Very cool. But I just teared up instantly when I saw all these ladies who look so happy. And Darlene is sitting there, in her wheelchair, in the center of the group just smiling. Imagine. Fuck... Imagine if, in 25 years, the 2001 band got together and one of us was so different. So unable to do what made us happy. I just can't imagine. But then I realize that it's better she's there, in her wheelchair, enjoying the event, enjoying life than not here at all... Because we wouldn't even have a band if it weren't for tragedy. And of those of us on the feild in 2001, there is one less alive now. I know he was in the G1 band, but it's all the same in the end.
Times change. It breaks my heart.
I was looking through the photos of the BC Pipers dinner. I saw the one of the Vancouver Ladies. 25 years after they won the worlds, all but 4 of the members attended the dinner. Very cool. But I just teared up instantly when I saw all these ladies who look so happy. And Darlene is sitting there, in her wheelchair, in the center of the group just smiling. Imagine. Fuck... Imagine if, in 25 years, the 2001 band got together and one of us was so different. So unable to do what made us happy. I just can't imagine. But then I realize that it's better she's there, in her wheelchair, enjoying the event, enjoying life than not here at all... Because we wouldn't even have a band if it weren't for tragedy. And of those of us on the feild in 2001, there is one less alive now. I know he was in the G1 band, but it's all the same in the end.
Times change. It breaks my heart.