*As I was going through some of my old writings recently, I came across this essay I had written a few years ago after hearing about the death of someone I went to high school with. I decided I wanted to publish it to this blog as well, since it is still a message that I think is important. I have changed his name for privacy reasons. Also, I have decided not to edit it or change it at all from the way I originally wrote it, although my writing has improved since then, so that it would better retain the feelings I had at the time I first typed it out. *
Continue on to read it.
Continue on to read it.
