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Date: 29 September 2003 03:36:01
Its really wierd, it was only the other day that i was thinking about the people who i went to school with, and what they are doing with their lives now. I left school 13 years ago and although i see alot of them to say hello to, i have only really kept in touch with a few of them. The ones i keep in touch with, i have known since i was about 8, so ive known them now for about 20 years. I found out some sad news this evening. Mom was reading the paper and i happened to notice a headline about a local skateboarder. It seemed like an interesting article as we have a skatepark opposite work. So i was wondering if it was about one of the kids who come into the shop. Anyway after a couple of hours i went back in the lounge and thought i would have a quick read of the paper and look at the article. It was about a local lad who had fell on his head while on his skateboard and after three days in hospital, he had died. I then noticed the name and it was a lad who was in my class when i was in primary school. I hadnt really kept in touch with him, as he ended up going to the local boys grammer school at the age of 11, so i think i had only seen him a couple of times since then. I couldnt believe it. He was married, not sure if he had any kids, but still it must be so hard for his wife, parents and the people who still knew him. It seems strange that at 28 someone i went to school with is now dead. I know it seems a naive thing to say, but you hear about these kind of things all the time, but you dont expect it to happen to anyone you know. It was only a couple of years ago that another girl who was in my class, her husband of two years died, whilst he was on his motorbike on his way home from work. She is now bringing up their young son who is under five, on her own. It makes you realise that you have to live each day to the full as you never know what is round the corner.
holly xxx