Posted by cloudydaze on July 30, 2006, at 1:54:19
I'm sure this belongs on some other board, but right now I really don't care.
I was cleaning out my purse earlier this evening, and I found a flyer that was handed to me a few weeks ago at an outdoor concert I attended (my town has free concerts every week in the summer time).
I am used to people handing out all kinds of flyers at these events, so I never really looked closely at it.
Well, this evening I did get a close look at it. It was a flyer for a memorial service/benefit concert for a young man who died - and I knew him.
I had heard weeks ago that a boy drowned in the lake, but I didn't know who - never got the details. It was him.
When I realized who it was on the flyer, I started to cry, uncontrollably. He was not a best friend, but I knew him. We hung out a few times. We went to the same concerts, parties. He was a good kid, and I liked him.
I felt horrible for not looking at that flyer when it was handed to me. I could have gone to his memorial service. I could have donated some money for the funeral expenses at the benefit concert.
I still feel horrible. It's just such a shock. Part of me is saying - why are you so upset? I barely knew him. Then the other half is saying - someone I know has died, and I will never see him again. He was 21, 2 years younger than I am. He died last month, and I didn't even know until now. I feel awful.
poster:cloudydaze
thread:671925
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