This past weekend was Fall Break for MBU and it was great to relax and get away for a weekend, but on Sunday evening at 10:10pm a very dear friend of my family, Mel Wolters, passed away after a long fight with cancer.
I found that out on Monday and I didn't think that I'd take the news so hard because I wasn't really that close to him, but somehow it tore me up to hear that he passed away.
Dealing with grief just plain stinks..... and I hate having a bad attitude around people because it depresses them (or at least I feel like it does) and my unhappiness makes others unhappy and I just hate doing that.
When I heard about Mel's passing I just felt the need to go play a guitar or just make some serious music. So I went to Guitar Center in Bridgeton and played my heart out. It felt so good to do that and that's the main way I deal with grief or stress. I just go somewhere by myself with a guitar in hand or just go to a practice room at school and just play & sing so hard that I can't sing/play anymore. For me it feels great, but the sad thing is that I can't sing/play forever. It's only for a moment and then reality kicks in.
Mel's death sparked something that I've been thinking about for awhile. I've come to realize that I have drifted away from my old friends. Ever since I came to MBU I've met new people and started new friendships. I'm not saying that MBU is to blame for that, but that's just how things went down when I came here.
Drifting away from people that you care about is not good because you miss out on a lot and you miss out on the memories that you made with those people.
So my advice for today is to contact someone that you haven't talked to in awhile, because you never know what you may have missed out on and you never know when you might look at that person for the last time ever.
I didn't get to say goodbye to Mel Wolters and I regret not being able to do so or to at least be there at the hospital.
Life is short. Tell everyone that you love them as often as you can. Even if it gets to the point where it's creepy.
I love you and hope your week goes great for you,
*Liz Hitt*
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