Throughout life we do not realize the important things until they are gone. Then when we least except it they are gone in the blink of an eye. One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching. This is a great quote for me from an experience that happened in my life.
December 25, Christmas night my life was changed. It was my cousin, my best friend he was like a brother to me. I remember waking up and coming downstairs to my family sitting around the couch. They were all crying and I had to figure out what was wrong. They broke the news to me after standing there for awhile. They said my cousin had died late last night in a car accident. My heart dropped to the floor and my knees buckled. Before I knew it I was crying as hard as they were. I did not know what to do, be brave for my family or be strong for myself. After awhile I could do neither. This was the only person that listened to me, understood me when no one else could; this was the one that I could talk too. The only one was taken away from me.
This was Devin. A tall, athletic, handsome young man. He was 19 and my best friend. He played basketball, football, baseball; you name it Devin did it. He was Awesome. Whatever you needed he would do it for you even if he had to go out of his way. He loved skittles; my mom and I would always play around with him: ‘‘if you keep eating skittles you will turn into one”. We loved the same things; people would often compare us to each other and tell us we were just alike. He would constantly make fun of me of how short I was even though he was about a good six foot tall.
My life today is still the same, but a part of me is missing. Sometimes it is hard to believe that he is actually gone. There is no more of him to make me laugh when I had a bad day, or to scoop me up when I have fallen. Seems like it was just yesterday he was sitting next to me, and tickling me with a bag of skittles in his hand. I will miss my big brother and no one can ever tell me differently.
In life you should always cherish the good things in your life. You never know when it will be taken away from you. Even though at the time it may not seem like something special to you, when it is gone you will realize it.
Written by: Erin Prince, 12 January 2009
