On A Serious Note

I rarely post anything that's truly serious on my blog but I am compelled today to send a message to the "B" family. They have just lost their son and brother, Ryan who was only in his twenties and according to his mom, he was only 2 weeks away from getting his GED. He leaves behind 2 young children who will carry his essence with them as they grow up.

This is extremely sad news that I heard from my old friends in Vancouver. After many different attempts at contacting his mother, I was successful after I found an old phone book of mine. Thankfully, she hadn't changed her number in the 5-6 years since I've called her last. This is the family of one of my old ex-boyfriends and we send our thoughts and prayers to their family after this terrible tragedy. I don't really communicate with anybody from that era in my life but I think of them fondly nevertheless. His mother is raising his two young kids with such courageousness and love that it just breaks my heart.

I also saw pictures of my Kit's '96 class reunion on shutterfly.com and I am again reminded of that no matter how far one thinks they've gone forward in life, we forget that we don't change as much as we think we do. Appearances may change and accomplishments may be gained, but how we think as people and how we care about the people that we call friends never really changes.

I'm fairly certain that few to none of Caleb's blog readers know this family personally or even know of this family but please think seriously of how short life can be and how we should appreciate everybody for who they are and tell your loved ones that we love them.