Last night I got a message from a girl on my tennis team. It said “I don’t know if you already know this or not, but I don’t want you to find out when you get to school on Monday. Heidi passed away today.”
And I just kind of sat there and replayed my day in my head. I had just spend second period cooking with her this morning and laughing at funny things Ms. Page said. We were also the only group to get a hair in our cottage cheese. I had just started being her friend this year.
They say loss takes time to deal with. In November my Poppy, the man I was named after, passed away. The second I got on my feet again my Uncle Chano passed away. That was three weeks ago. And yesterday sweet Heidi passed away.
Everyone is posting about how this is a wake up call. It is. People do go just like that.
Appreciate everything. Take as many pictures as possible. Keep the bad ones, they’re the ones you’ll laugh about later. And always make wonderful memories with people you love.

Rest In Peace Heidi.

XOXO