Around my earlier teen years, I started to discuss with my friends how “weird” it would be if one of us were killed. We were all freaked out about it, but never thought it would happen. It was just something that we brought up and did not think about much after. Last summer, I unfortunately understood how it would be “if one of us was killed.” The day the Jordan died, I was at Red Rock hiking with some friends from another school. The last thing that could have crossed my mind was my long-time friend dying. About the time that we were driving home, my friend was being uncovered from a wall of dirt that had collapsed on him. Around 9:30 p.m., I received a phone call from my friend’s mom next door. She said, “I have some sad news, Jordan died.”
Jordan’s death has brought me to a more realistic world. When I see a show or movie that has death, I think of the families and friends of the fallen one and how they are feeling. It has left me less innocent realizing that death is possible for anyone of any age, gender, “good” or “bad.” Now I think of life as a period of time that we are given to make choices of living life to the fullest or wasting it complaining and being lazy. If we waste out time on earth, no one is going to give it back or pity us. On the other hand, if we make the best of it, then our time here is worthwhile. I have talked to the three people that were at the accident. We discussed how we never said goodbye or said things that we would have wanted to say. It is an unfortunate thing to learn a lesson through
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