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I feel like I could puke right now...
I just found out that one of my friends from high school died in a car accident yesterday. I was going to put the link to the news article about the crash in here, but I really would rather that people not find out by reading my LJ/the article, if they don't already know. The pictures are sickening. I didn't know him all that well- but I knew him enough to consider him a friend. Besides the fact that in such a small school you know everyone. I found him on myspace a month or so ago, and we wrote a few messages back and forth updating eachother on how our lives are going. It seemed like things were going great for him- he was madly in love with a girl, who I assume he was probably planning on marrying. He had a job which he seemed to enjoy at least through his emails.
I found myself getting all sentimental at the fireworks tonight, as they played "Proud to be an American." I was thinking about how fortunate I am to live in America and have all the freedoms that I do. I almost told myself to stop being a sap, getting all emotional about it.
And then I got home and got the phone call about my friend. And now I don't feel dumb at all for being sentimental. I feel extremely fortunate and blessed by my amazing God, to have the life that I do. It's days like these that you look around you and think wow, I am so lucky to be alive, to be healthy, to have friends and family, and to be able to look forward to tomorrow. Life truly is a blessing. An incredible blessing...
I'm getting all emotional and there are a million things I probably want to say right now. But, I'm going to leave it at that. Sleep right now would probably do a lot of good...
I just found out that one of my friends from high school died in a car accident yesterday. I was going to put the link to the news article about the crash in here, but I really would rather that people not find out by reading my LJ/the article, if they don't already know. The pictures are sickening. I didn't know him all that well- but I knew him enough to consider him a friend. Besides the fact that in such a small school you know everyone. I found him on myspace a month or so ago, and we wrote a few messages back and forth updating eachother on how our lives are going. It seemed like things were going great for him- he was madly in love with a girl, who I assume he was probably planning on marrying. He had a job which he seemed to enjoy at least through his emails.
I found myself getting all sentimental at the fireworks tonight, as they played "Proud to be an American." I was thinking about how fortunate I am to live in America and have all the freedoms that I do. I almost told myself to stop being a sap, getting all emotional about it.
And then I got home and got the phone call about my friend. And now I don't feel dumb at all for being sentimental. I feel extremely fortunate and blessed by my amazing God, to have the life that I do. It's days like these that you look around you and think wow, I am so lucky to be alive, to be healthy, to have friends and family, and to be able to look forward to tomorrow. Life truly is a blessing. An incredible blessing...
I'm getting all emotional and there are a million things I probably want to say right now. But, I'm going to leave it at that. Sleep right now would probably do a lot of good...