Looking upon a dead person…
…is a very strange thing.
Tonight my Karate class was cancelled, which has never happened before, so i took a route never taken in such an instance before. There was an accident on a winding road up in the hills where it was foggy, and raining. I saw the flashing lights, and promised myself I wouldn’t rubberneck, but we came to a standstill. 5 Minutes passed and i just naturally looked to the right of my car out the window, to see a young girl, lifeless, on a gurney being covered with a blanket. Not 10 feet from me…
I don’t think there are words to describe the sadness and sorrow I felt. That one so young had been taken; someone around my age, if not younger. Add to this, the weekend just past (21st January) marked the 4 year anniversary of my mother’s death; the last person i saw pass away.
I’ve had a somewhat emotional past few months, several ups and downs, but this experience tonight has made me more grateful to simply be alive than anything ever could. Others aren’t so lucky, and we should make the most of life while it’s still here.
Life is precious, and I truly feel for the family and friends of this beautiful girl, who’s life has been so tragically cut short.
I realise this is a tumblr post wholly different to what i usually post, but i needed to write it down, and acknowledge what I experienced tonight; to validate, in my own way, this girls life.
