(no subject)
Well, I just heard (or read rather) that a girl I went to high school with and who's my sister's age, Erin B., got in a horrible car crash that killed her friend and severly injured her :( Although I was only in Harmony with Erin and know her sister, Rachel, a lot better, it still doesn't take away the shock and sadness that I'm feeling for her and her family, and for her friend's family. It seems like this time of year is never a good one because it, well, is frankly a season for death and injury. From January through late-May, it seems like that's when calamities and horrible things happen to a lot of people. My grandma died in April; my grandfather and great-grandfather died in January (a week within each other); my dog died in February; various great aunts and uncles over the year's always in the spring; every year I was in high school, a life was taken during this time, and even before then, this was always this time of year for someone in school to be severly injured or killed, or someone they were close to to be harmed.
Why is it always this time of year? I know that it's not always this time of year since people are hurt or killed everyday, but it seems like that there are more bad things that happen before the summer than any other time of year. And it sucks not only for the people hurt or killed, but those who are left to pick up the pieces and try to find some sort of comfort or normalcy that's been ripped away from them. Eventually, most people are able to get on with their lives and move on, but not always. Incidents like this one along with many other remind us that life is precious, and that it should never be taken for granted or abused. Life should be enjoyed if possible, and being that I've seen too many people die prematurely or because of substance abuse, I don't want that to happen to anyone else I care about. It's hard to see people die, but sometimes, it's even harder to watch the living slowly kill themselves with drugs and alcohol (even if they think you don't know about it, but you do), or to use things to numb the pain of existence. Life is crappy; life is hard, but in the end, life is worth living and even when you feel as though you're in a hole with no way out, there is always a way out and ways to peace and happiness. Sorry if I'm rambling or being preachy, but that's how I feel right now.