Probably My Most Important Post Yet.

It's crazy how one's life can just suddenly end, especially one close to you. At my mentorship today, we were informed that two siblings in the "Into The Woods" cast's mother had passed away on January 18, 2016. It was shocking because it was very unexpected. Their mother was healthy, happy, and a wonderful person. But I guess God had plans for her that left others in complete pain. I keep thinking about this over and over again and it still doesn't feel real. She's gone. And I can only wonder how they must feel. It's just incredibly difficult to grasp: they ended their year with their mother in pain and they started the year with her gone. Just like that. These two kids that are around my age, ready to start life, had just lost their mother very suddenly and quickly. And as I type this, it still doesn't feel real.

As I was looking around however, I noticed something. The people within APA were not just feeling sorry for them, but they were hurting. I saw it in their faces and their eyes. Two girls were leaning against each other crying, others would blankly stare at the floor and let the information given to them sink in. The director, musical director and costume designer were tearing up as they would speak and comfort the kids. Now, realize that these two kids barely joined APA in perhaps November 2015 (really new to the program). But yet, these people in APA immediately treated them like family. Though something as unfortunate as this has happened to them, they're lucky that they have such amazing people in APA to help them through this tough situation.

This has just made me think and remind myself that EVERYTHING is temporary, even our beloved ones. If you somehow are reading this, do yourself a favor and remind those you love how much they mean to you. Because you truly never know when your last day or their last day will come. Life is so precious but so fragile. If you are holding onto any grudges, let them go. Forgive yourself for any mistake, stop carrying around that burden, laugh a little more than you do now, smile more than you do now. Experience stuff, the good and bad, try something new. Something!

I just cannot stress how we only do have one life, and the way you wish to live is up to you. Just ask yourself, if your life were to end tomorrow would you content with your life? If you say no, then you've got some work to do. If you said yes, well continue living my friend and be grateful you're still this far.