Remember
August 23rd is a day I won't forget.
It's a day that was supposed to be a celebration of friendship and birthdays that turned into a day of tragedy and sadness. We all gathered at a friends house but it wasn't for a party like it was supposed to be. It was to sit in front of the local news and try to imagine that what we were seeing wasn't really real. Every person in the room in tears or nearly there as the pictures of the black mangled car flash across the screen.
I didn't dwell on it today, like I have in years past but I don't want to forget either. Today is the 4 year anniversary of my friend Robbie's death. He and another passenger were killed by a drunk driver in 2004. Every time I drive down that road or I think about Alkaline Trio or the first person to ask me on a date I think of Robbie. He was a friend to all people and that's the thing I won't ever forget. We still miss him, I don't doubt.. I can only hope that his memory and kindness can live on in the people who knew him and that his parents know that us, his classmates, his friends have not forgotten him.
It's a day that was supposed to be a celebration of friendship and birthdays that turned into a day of tragedy and sadness. We all gathered at a friends house but it wasn't for a party like it was supposed to be. It was to sit in front of the local news and try to imagine that what we were seeing wasn't really real. Every person in the room in tears or nearly there as the pictures of the black mangled car flash across the screen.
I didn't dwell on it today, like I have in years past but I don't want to forget either. Today is the 4 year anniversary of my friend Robbie's death. He and another passenger were killed by a drunk driver in 2004. Every time I drive down that road or I think about Alkaline Trio or the first person to ask me on a date I think of Robbie. He was a friend to all people and that's the thing I won't ever forget. We still miss him, I don't doubt.. I can only hope that his memory and kindness can live on in the people who knew him and that his parents know that us, his classmates, his friends have not forgotten him.