ThatDude30
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My Sr. year in high school went by faster then any other year of school.
My favorite teacher was Mr. Lawrence, He was my Law and economic teacher.
My last day all The Seniors decided to leave early, I was on probation and was hesitant to leave not knowing how my probation officer would react.
When I decided I was going to leave with the rest of my class, I was little late so I was the only one in the halls on my way out the door. I ran into Mr. Lawrence to say goodbye, and I asked him, "Mr. Lawrence, do you have any last advice for me?". He said, "You are one of the brightest kids I have ever taught, I taught you everything I know, you even taught me things this year. All I have left to say is, the older you get the more people start to die." I looked at him, "are you serious?". I wasn't expecting that response. He then said, "High school is full of memories and adventure. You make friends, you learn, and you begin to develop into the person you are going to be. Some of your favorite memories were made during high school. You met some people you will know for the rest of your life. People that were once your friend, you may never see again. You don't think to much about death during these years, and as time goes on and the older you get, the more people that you know will start to die." I never thought of it that way.
When we are young we don't think about death that often. Throughout the years of school some might loose a grand parent, an uncle, or an aunt, maybe even a parent. Every so often, on a rare occasion there might be a kid you go to school with dies.
For the most part, death is In the back of our minds. We tend to take our parents and loved ones for granted, and don't realize they can be here today and gone tomorrow. Time is taken granted the most.
My teacher was right, the older I got, more and more people that I knew or knew at some point started to die. ! day after graduation a friend of mine died in a motorcycle accident. The 12 years after graduation I lost 4 buddies due to motorcycle accidents. There were several people that I went to school with that has died within the 12 years since graduation. I'm sure there are more that have passed away that I am aware of.
Loved ones also begin to die. I have lost My grandma and my great aunt her sister that have been in my life forever.
I am 30 years old now, when I was 25 I had a bit of a scare and reality hit me dead on in the face. My mother had a massive tumor extending off her ovaries and she needed immediate surgery. At the same time My dad fell and fractured a vertebrate. The whole time I thought I was going to loose my mother. The day we found out that the tumor was benign and she will be fine, we found out my dad had stage 4 kidney cancer and died 3 months later. During those 3 months the doctor had us all thinking that if the medicine they were trying to get his insurance to approve, he will have another 5 years, if the medicine didn't get approved he would have 2-3 years. So the whole time he was in a nursing home to rehabilitate. we think hes coming home. well he didn't.
I didn't have the best relationship with my father and when we found out that he may only have 2-3 years left, I decided I will make up all those years we weren't close and build a bond and relationship with him. Well I was to late and never got the chance to.
In my late teens and early 20s I knew I shouldn't of treated him the way I did and put him through everything I did. No matter how bad I treated him, no matter what I put him through, he was always there and had my back. I always wanted to say sorry for everything and have that father son bond. But I always put it off, thinking I had time. Never Thought about my dad dying, I thought he had many years. Well I didn't. You never think it will happen to you.
Now I live everyday regretting not fixing things with my father. He didn't deserve the way I treated him. He made sure there was a roof over our head, food on the table, clothes on our back, and always had my back when I got in trouble.
So I think we take for granted to most, is our parents and time.
My favorite teacher was Mr. Lawrence, He was my Law and economic teacher.
My last day all The Seniors decided to leave early, I was on probation and was hesitant to leave not knowing how my probation officer would react.
When I decided I was going to leave with the rest of my class, I was little late so I was the only one in the halls on my way out the door. I ran into Mr. Lawrence to say goodbye, and I asked him, "Mr. Lawrence, do you have any last advice for me?". He said, "You are one of the brightest kids I have ever taught, I taught you everything I know, you even taught me things this year. All I have left to say is, the older you get the more people start to die." I looked at him, "are you serious?". I wasn't expecting that response. He then said, "High school is full of memories and adventure. You make friends, you learn, and you begin to develop into the person you are going to be. Some of your favorite memories were made during high school. You met some people you will know for the rest of your life. People that were once your friend, you may never see again. You don't think to much about death during these years, and as time goes on and the older you get, the more people that you know will start to die." I never thought of it that way.
When we are young we don't think about death that often. Throughout the years of school some might loose a grand parent, an uncle, or an aunt, maybe even a parent. Every so often, on a rare occasion there might be a kid you go to school with dies.
For the most part, death is In the back of our minds. We tend to take our parents and loved ones for granted, and don't realize they can be here today and gone tomorrow. Time is taken granted the most.
My teacher was right, the older I got, more and more people that I knew or knew at some point started to die. ! day after graduation a friend of mine died in a motorcycle accident. The 12 years after graduation I lost 4 buddies due to motorcycle accidents. There were several people that I went to school with that has died within the 12 years since graduation. I'm sure there are more that have passed away that I am aware of.
Loved ones also begin to die. I have lost My grandma and my great aunt her sister that have been in my life forever.
I am 30 years old now, when I was 25 I had a bit of a scare and reality hit me dead on in the face. My mother had a massive tumor extending off her ovaries and she needed immediate surgery. At the same time My dad fell and fractured a vertebrate. The whole time I thought I was going to loose my mother. The day we found out that the tumor was benign and she will be fine, we found out my dad had stage 4 kidney cancer and died 3 months later. During those 3 months the doctor had us all thinking that if the medicine they were trying to get his insurance to approve, he will have another 5 years, if the medicine didn't get approved he would have 2-3 years. So the whole time he was in a nursing home to rehabilitate. we think hes coming home. well he didn't.
I didn't have the best relationship with my father and when we found out that he may only have 2-3 years left, I decided I will make up all those years we weren't close and build a bond and relationship with him. Well I was to late and never got the chance to.
In my late teens and early 20s I knew I shouldn't of treated him the way I did and put him through everything I did. No matter how bad I treated him, no matter what I put him through, he was always there and had my back. I always wanted to say sorry for everything and have that father son bond. But I always put it off, thinking I had time. Never Thought about my dad dying, I thought he had many years. Well I didn't. You never think it will happen to you.
Now I live everyday regretting not fixing things with my father. He didn't deserve the way I treated him. He made sure there was a roof over our head, food on the table, clothes on our back, and always had my back when I got in trouble.
So I think we take for granted to most, is our parents and time.
