Post by Andrew on Dec 8, 2008 21:41:56 GMT
Saturday shortly before 1pm a senior and fellow classmate of mine died in a fatal car crash. For those who live in my area of Ohio (I know there are a few), she was traveling south on Route 57 near Bear Swamp Road. She hit a patch of ice, spun out into the other lane, and was hit on the passenger side by a Saturn Vue. She was killed instantly.
In response to her death, I have written the following:
What bothers me the most is the thought that this tragedy could have happened to any one of us. As I walked through the hallways today I looked at the faces of everybody I passed and thought, “It could have happened to you.”
That one single thought has destroyed me.
Many people do not take into consideration that what happened on Saturday was nothing more than an accident – an accident that could have been passed to any of us at this school. There is nothing anybody could have done to prevent it and nothing we can do to fix it. What happened has happened and we all need to learn to move on.
Some people will say I sound like a heartless person but that is not the case. Why should we waste our time grieving? I make the concession for a brief period of grief, but if we let it hang over us like a dark cloud it will do nothing but drag us down. She wouldn’t want that for any of us. She was too good of a person to want us to sit here feeling sorry for her.
For many of us, she is in a better place. That is the positive note we need to continue to look at.
This incident has opened my eyes to the real world. We are teenagers and as such many of us believe that we are invincible. We believe there is some kind of invisible shield in front of us keeping us safe from the world. How wrong we are. There is no shield, only thought, and thought can do nothing to keep us safe.
As we continue on with our lives I ask that we all keep this one little fact in mind. I know I will. Many of us take life for granted and, well…this is the shock that will bring each and every one of us back down to reality.
In response to her death, I have written the following:
What bothers me the most is the thought that this tragedy could have happened to any one of us. As I walked through the hallways today I looked at the faces of everybody I passed and thought, “It could have happened to you.”
That one single thought has destroyed me.
Many people do not take into consideration that what happened on Saturday was nothing more than an accident – an accident that could have been passed to any of us at this school. There is nothing anybody could have done to prevent it and nothing we can do to fix it. What happened has happened and we all need to learn to move on.
Some people will say I sound like a heartless person but that is not the case. Why should we waste our time grieving? I make the concession for a brief period of grief, but if we let it hang over us like a dark cloud it will do nothing but drag us down. She wouldn’t want that for any of us. She was too good of a person to want us to sit here feeling sorry for her.
For many of us, she is in a better place. That is the positive note we need to continue to look at.
This incident has opened my eyes to the real world. We are teenagers and as such many of us believe that we are invincible. We believe there is some kind of invisible shield in front of us keeping us safe from the world. How wrong we are. There is no shield, only thought, and thought can do nothing to keep us safe.
As we continue on with our lives I ask that we all keep this one little fact in mind. I know I will. Many of us take life for granted and, well…this is the shock that will bring each and every one of us back down to reality.
