To Eeka
I haven't felt this relaxed, peaceful, and happy in what seems to me like forever. Despite the tragic events that we have recently had to encounter, being with great people seems to make all of the pain, exhaustion and depression go away. I haven't been this grateful to be alive in a really long time - not since my ACL injury, to be more specific - and I think we all know that we have Eeka Rivera to thank for that.
Not until her funeral mass did most of us in our batch realize how great a person Eeka really was. She was kind, acted wholeheartedly, and never spoke badly about anyone. I'm sure everyone around me will say how taboo that sounds, but I strongly believe that her person was that wonderful.
My cousin, Raisa, and I were talking last night about death as a whole, and she was saying that life gets taken from a person when his/her mission in life has been fulfilled. Hearing her family and friends' eulogies allowed me to understand a little bit why God took her away from us so soon. He wanted us to know just how beautiful a person she really was and maybe allow us to move into action and be just like her. I'm sure His mission for her was completed, for the say that it's not the number academic/athletic/social achievements you've received that counts most, but how many people you've loved wholeheartedly.
I think we can all agree that our outlook on life now has changed drastically, thanks to a quiet little girl who secretly loved so many.