I've been in school for as long as I can remember. It was in these places of learning I was taught to read and write. The teachers instructed me to do math, learn all 50 capitals, and proper uses of the English language. I also learned to share, and how to find x.
But in my years of learning, I've also learned that finding 'x' won't help me if I have to change a tire. Conjugating Spanish verbs into the correct tense won't help me if I'm in Germany. And school can never teach you how to lose someone.
I am grateful to say that all of my loved ones are safe, but that is not that case for Tony Pauls' family. If you haven't heard Tony was a student at the University of Illinois who died this past weekend after being hit buy a drunk driver while he was walking home. It is a tragedy that has affected my friends around me who knew him.
This incident only makes me that more grateful to have my family alive and well. I've lost grandparents and other relatives, but I can't remember a time when it came as a shock like this. The only comparison I can make is to the loss of three Vernon Hills High School students this past year. That being said I was never close to any of them.
I never loved them like their friends did. Yes, their passings made me sad for the time. I thought of what their lives could be, and how tragic it was to lose them so young.
For some of my friends this is the first time they've lost someone. It is never to lose someone, but to have it happen so suddenly to someone so young.
Unfortunately even though I've gone through this, I can only offer to support to those who are grieving. They don't teach you how to move on after your world has been torn apart. Nobody tells you how to help those who need you. And even though people tell you to cherish the people in your life, we often take them for granted.
I know I am guilty of neglecting my family and friends, and I am lucky enough to have them in my life. My thoughts are with the Pauls family during this rough time they are going through.
I hope this serves as a reminder to everyone:
Never take anyone for granted. And NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE!
love, bear
But in my years of learning, I've also learned that finding 'x' won't help me if I have to change a tire. Conjugating Spanish verbs into the correct tense won't help me if I'm in Germany. And school can never teach you how to lose someone.
I am grateful to say that all of my loved ones are safe, but that is not that case for Tony Pauls' family. If you haven't heard Tony was a student at the University of Illinois who died this past weekend after being hit buy a drunk driver while he was walking home. It is a tragedy that has affected my friends around me who knew him.
This incident only makes me that more grateful to have my family alive and well. I've lost grandparents and other relatives, but I can't remember a time when it came as a shock like this. The only comparison I can make is to the loss of three Vernon Hills High School students this past year. That being said I was never close to any of them.
I never loved them like their friends did. Yes, their passings made me sad for the time. I thought of what their lives could be, and how tragic it was to lose them so young.
For some of my friends this is the first time they've lost someone. It is never to lose someone, but to have it happen so suddenly to someone so young.
Unfortunately even though I've gone through this, I can only offer to support to those who are grieving. They don't teach you how to move on after your world has been torn apart. Nobody tells you how to help those who need you. And even though people tell you to cherish the people in your life, we often take them for granted.
I know I am guilty of neglecting my family and friends, and I am lucky enough to have them in my life. My thoughts are with the Pauls family during this rough time they are going through.
I hope this serves as a reminder to everyone:
Never take anyone for granted. And NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE!
love, bear
