i haven’t posted in a week because of all of the things that have been happening. well, as i had said a student at my school had been injured and was in a coma. unfortunately he passed away on tuesday evening and since then everyone at school has been feeling pretty bad and whatnot. last night i went to his wake and it felt very overwhelming. this was the 1st wake i have ever attended and it felt very surreal. when i walked up to his casket, i felt like i was gonna cry, but i didn’t. something inside of my chest felt like it sank all the way to my stomach. i wasn’t gonna let myself. i thought it was very nicely done. the family had all these pictures of him when he was a baby and more recent ones as well. yeah, so everyone who went was very upset by everything that happened. i was comforted by someone that I hardly even know, so that made me feel better. that just shows you that it didn’t matter if you knew him well or not at all because everyone was there to help comfort each other. it brought everyone in our community together. although it’s a shame that it was a sad event like this that had to do that. since i don’t believe in a concept of heaven or hell i feel better knowing that somewhere out there, his soul is being reborn into another life. hopefully his new life will be longer than his last one. i’m gonna go. i just wanted to let anyone who even reads this to know what’s been going on.
as one journey ends, another soon begins.
rjv #77
5.8.1984 - 4.30.2002
take care of yourself.