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Today, I found out that my friend's father passed away unexpectedly on Friday. Saturday was Javier's 21st birthday.
I'm not entirely sure why it hit me so hard. Maybe it just made death that much more real-that it comes and goes when no one's really watching or expecting it. I mean, I didn't know Javs that well-we were in the same retreat group and had tons of fun, but it's not like we were ridiculously close. But I do remember thinking, why Javier? I have never met a nicer guy-someone who loved as hard as he did. Maybe that's why it hurt-because I knew whatever I felt so far removed must have hurt him over a hundred thousand times more.
Why does God let bad things happen to such good people? That part I'll never understand.
I hope he's okay.
I'm not entirely sure why it hit me so hard. Maybe it just made death that much more real-that it comes and goes when no one's really watching or expecting it. I mean, I didn't know Javs that well-we were in the same retreat group and had tons of fun, but it's not like we were ridiculously close. But I do remember thinking, why Javier? I have never met a nicer guy-someone who loved as hard as he did. Maybe that's why it hurt-because I knew whatever I felt so far removed must have hurt him over a hundred thousand times more.
Why does God let bad things happen to such good people? That part I'll never understand.
I hope he's okay.