In Loveing Memory

I've learned that the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon. It certainly is the truth. We were the bagel shop groupies as you would call us. More personally his bagel shop groupies practically there every day. Sue, Paulina, Gentile, Jessica, Phil, Ryan, Steve, Kevin, Nick, Glen, Ruben, and myself. The list could go on for hours on end but I have neither the time nor the heart to go on.

So as I was saying we were there almost everyday, and at the start of each day he was there to make us laugh, to make us smile, and to even get us into some trouble if the day permitted. No matter how you look at it though he was the kind of man who could swallow you with the warmth of his heart. He could make even your worst dreams seem like they weren't so bad; he was always there. They called him the giant because of his size, but we called him the giant because of his heart.

Alex was one of my closest friends. We went through a lot of things together. I couldn’t have imagined my life without him. None of us could have, but we soon found that we were going to have to do just that. I remember the day clear as crystal, although sometimes I wish the day had never come. I wish I could have taken that chance to tell him I loved him. I wish I could have said good-bye . I wish I could hear his voice just one last time. I wish that I could spend my life inside my junior year and never have to see the last day of school. For Alex would still be here alive and well for me to talk to and hug whenever I felt like it. If not for myself then for his family and loved ones so that their pain and suffering would end.

It had to have been around 6:00 in the morning, when I got there. I got there early because it was the last day of school. I didn’t want to miss a thing, but when I showed up no one was there and the store was closed. To me it seemed so strange and I thought to myself that something did not feel right. The bagel shop was never closed, it was like the post office or the mail rather, nor rain, nor sleet, nor snow

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will wake up and it will all be gone in an instant.

From this experience I have learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words

for it maybe the last time that you will see them. I’ve learned that it’s not what you have in your life but

who you have in your life that counts. I’ve learned that you can keep going long after you can’t.

I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are

responsible for who we become. I’ve learned that maturity has more to do with the types of experiences

you’ve had and less to do with how many birthdays you‘ve celebrated . I’ve learned that no matter how

bad your heart is broken the world does not stop for your grief. I’ve learned that even when you think you

have nothing left to give, a friend cries out and you will find the strength to help. Worst of all I’ve

learned that the people you love most in life are taken from you too soon.