Dear, Future Me


      Something tragic has happened. This event changed my feelings towards life. It makes me sad to think about it. When I think about it, it makes just feel different. This event changed my life for one main reason.
       
        This tragedy affected my feelings towards my life because he was close to my age, and knowing that anything can happen at any age is very scary to me. What happened was my 16 year old cousin was killed. This affected me deeply because not only was he family but he was so young and close to my age and the person that killed him didn't even know who he was. A lot of people say he was at the wrong place at the wrong time but I question myself about that because how do you know when you're at the wrong place at the wrong time when time is everything. It sometimes frighten me to know things like that can happen and here's  why.

         Before any of this happened me and him were really close. We acted just the same, and his little brother and my older sister were just the same so we had more in common. However during a few weeks before he was killed I somehow started feeling awkward around him so we fell off. I really started to separate myself from him, when I would go over his I would avoid him, and when he would come over my house I would stay in my room. So now after he passed I really regret treating him like that, so that's why this type of stuff frightens me.

         Here's what happened that night. He was just coming back from prom shopping with his little brother, older sister, his niece, and his mother. When he got home his mom went to work, and he went outside with his friend. I really wish he didn't do that because when he went outside he was shot and killed. The news spread pretty quick and when I found out I knew my life had changed.

         Now I said how this changed my life because it showed me that life is really unexpecting but also this made made me a better person. It made except people for who they are because who knows what they go through. Also to not hold grudges against people to just forgive and forget. Most importantly love your family and friends while there're here. So this is how my life has been affected by this tragic event. 


                                                                         Sincerely,
                                                                              The old you