R.I.P. Chuck.

July 1988- June 2008

Sometimes in life we don’t appreciate things until they are gone. We tend to take everything for granted and complain too much about almost everything that surround our everyday lives. We have tendencies of forgetting how fortunate we are and that the simple, little things can mean just as much as the big things. We forget that we are given a life to enjoy, venture on and serve purpose to.

Today, I just found out that a fellow international student lost his life while on a roadtrip. I never really knew him or hung out with him. But when I had the chance to exchange conversations with him, I always thought that he was funny and kind. He just had a positive and calming aura.

Even though I didn’t know Chuck that well, we were still somehow connected. I knew him, I nodded at him at the Shoreline hallways, I spoke to him and I laughed with him.

Now he’s gone. But maybe his purpose in life is over and that’s why he was taken away from us. He made people laugh and made a lot of friends. Through his death, he made people, like me; appreciate life on a much higher level.

Thank you, Chuck, you will be missed dearly.