In memory of...
03/15/2002 03:58 a.m.

I never realized how quick you can be pulled from this little world of ours, this planet, this place called Earth, called home. A classmate that graduated with me died this past Tuesday, and he was only 21. This guy had a lot going for him. Now, I really didn't know him all that well, but everyone (or at least almost everyone) knew who this guy was. He was on the football, student council, and was one heck of a funny guy. When I read his obituary, I was really surprised how much this guy had going for him. He was going to a good college, was in Who's Who in High School and College, and was even engaged. All of this, and more, at the young age of 21.

Now, I'm not asking for sympathy, and you're probably asking 'why the heck is she writing about this?'...
Well...I'm not really sure why... I felt compelled to write about him, and the situation. I've heard about all these different kids dying.. a grade ahead of me, I didn't know him... two grades below me, I didn't know him... but when it hits you that someone your age, someone you went to high school with, just graduated not even three years ago, has died, you kind of start to wonder. This guy will never see his first 5 or 10 year high school reunion. Kind of makes you wonder why someone who was so young, and had so much to give, could be taken away from this earth as quick as a snap of the fingers. We shall all miss him, even those of us who knew him from a distance.

In memory of J.S.G., class of 1999, Paul VI High School.