I feel for her family, friends, and loved ones, hoping they can find comfort in a time of despair.Īfter reading Nicole’s story, I looked at the other fallen soldiers. At 23, Nicole probably had the same intentions, same wishes, and same aspirations. At 23 I feel like there is so much ahead of me, so many things to do, so many places to see, so many experiences that I want to experience. How easy life is taken and how fragile the human truly is. It takes something close and personal to truly experience a personal shift of emotions.Įvery now and then you get a wake-up call on how close you are to death. It’s a reality of life, along with the fact that realistically most of the time you hear about someone dying there is a little sense of sympathy. The small bit of connection and sense of community that I feel we shared really impacted me. Our lives were most likely very different, but we drove on the same roads, stopped at the same stoplights, shopped at the same mall, and possibly ate at the same restaurants. I lived about 10 minutes from Oakmont High School and also graduated in 2016. I was born in Roseville and grew up in the neighboring Granite Bay. She was 23 years old and graduated from Oakmont Highschool in 2016. I saw on Facebook that one of the Marines killed in the suicide bombing in Kabul was from Roseville, CA. This is not an opinion on policy or what we should do, but rather a reaction to what has happened and how it makes me feel. Partly because confrontation stresses me out, but mainly because I don’t feel as if I’m ever truly knowledgable about a topic to tell someone “I believe this, because of _.” However, the reason why I’m talking about current events is that it hits home on a new level. I’ve never really been one to voice my opinion too heavily on a subject that may be controversial or political in ties. Unfortunately, it took a suicide bombing that killed 13 Americans to really grab my attention. I really don’t care too much how it sounds, or how it reads, but rather am using this space to express my feelings towards recent events in Afghanistan. Realistically there is no way to lead into this blog post in a way that makes the content any better. I’ve rewritten this first sentence about 9 times already trying to write something that sounded appropriate.
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