I'm recovering... my son's best friend died last Sat from a seizure. They were bball teammates and very close. His parents are devastated. I think I was just rebounding from my dad's death and then this. The boy was a wonderful friend, athlete and all-around good person. This is homecoming week, so the kids are honoring their friend lots of ways at school. The football game is tonight, dance tmrw, and the service on Sunday in the gym.
As far as me, I guess I'm okay but exhausted. I've spent most every evening at the family's house trying to be helpful and supportive. I think it's postponing my own grief for my dad, but the two deaths are so different. This one is much harder to understand as he was just 16 with the rest of his life ahead of him.
I'm trying to figure out why so much has happened this year. Was I too comfortable with my life and taking things for granted? I don't know, but I do see that I have to appreciate what I've got right now b/c nothing is permanent. S's leave, people die, and we have to learn something from the experience, remember the good and work for a better tmrw.
