Importance

Recently I was informed that a young man I have known for a while passed away this week. We went to the same church, went through Confirmation together when we were 12, even took trips together with other youth across the country during the summers looking at colleges. It saddened me so much to find this out because I'm sure no one ever saw it coming. He was such a nice young man and really wasn't rude or hateful to anyone. He was not always the most popular in the group, but entertaining none the less. For the past couple of days he is all I have been thinking about because it just goes to show that we take a lot of things for granted and do not truly appreciate what we have and who we have in our lives until they are long gone. So many insignificant things occur in our lives, and we pay more attention to material things than anything else. Material things will easily come and go but the special people in your lives should not be taken advantage of and we should all keep these special people in our lives closest to our hearts. I want Eric's family to know that they are in my prayers and I have the deepest sympathy for them and the loss of their son. Eric will be greatly missed and never forgotten.