I'm in shock...

So, yet again, my post has nothing to do with WLS... but I can't deal with this on my own right now... so I thought this was as good a place as any to turn to...

A student died in my house today. He's not someone I was close to or anything.... I talked to him maybe once a month.... but **** a human being's life ended today... in my house... someone I saw just about everyday talking to friends.... and he was here on exchange from egypt.

He's been sick for a while. We think he's been drepressed and thus neglecting his health whi*****ludes type one diabetes... We tried to help him but he just wasn't willing to change.... I have no idea of that's what actually happened to him, but i am almost willing to bet it was. I'm also pretty sure that his friends are the ones who found him.

Technically I'm no longer an RA here at the school but I'm staying an extra three weeks for course work. And now I'm completely useless to help him or his friends.... I just feel.... Useless.

I'm still in shock right now... I don't even know how I'm going to sleep tonight.... In fact I probably won't.

 I'm very sorry to hear that.  It's a huge tragedy when someone so young dies.  

A year ago next weekend, my friend lost her husband to a freak accident...he was 28.  I never really experienced death up close until that happened.  It changed my life, really.  It made me realize how that none of us are invicible and when your alarm clock goes off, you gotta go..no matter how old you are.  ( I liken death to all of us  having alarm clocks).  

I'll say a prayer for you and the student that died.  

~Emily~ 

hey-

that's terrible. I'm so sorry.

a group of friends and I had a similar experience our sophomore year... it really put a mark on all of us. all I can say is, talk about it. it helps. and what we ended up learning and really appreciating was that life is way more fragile than we ever like to think about  it. As tragic as that lesson usually comes about, it's one worth learning.