One of my former suite mates died a few years ago. We lived together sophomore year, he passed my senior year. Didn't really know him well at all, but said hi him to once in awhile when I saw him. The day before he passed I saw him out at a bar; he was sitting with all his friends, and they were laughing and joking together. Seemed like he was having a great time. The next day he playing video games with a friend when he passed out, and that was it. Heart defect, at the age of 21.

The list goes on. My friends' friend died at 18, hit by a car when he was walking home from the bar. He left his car at the bar, didn't want to put anybody at risk. My brother's friend just died at 21, from cancer. He graduated from high school, was all excited to hit college. Then he got the diagnosis, and it was just a long slow decline from there.

I'm sure this happens to everybody. You start experiencing the passing of those around you, and you have to figure out how to process it. I don't have an answer. I've been relatively blessed so far, in that no one near and dear to me personally has been unlucky so far. But it will happen, and I honestly don't know how I'll deal with it. All I've taken from these deaths is that life is short and it can end anytime. So I try not to sweat the small stuff and enjoy each day as much as possible.