sQuiet
      grief
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Marko
      Peric
     
    

    
     
      ll
      warn
      you
      right
      away,
      this
      won’t
      be
      a
      happy
      editorial.
      A
     
     
      friend
      of
      mine
      died
      the
      day
      before
      yesterday,
      in
      the
      week
      of
      his
     
     
      eighteenth
      birthday.
      He
      wasn’t
      one
      of
      my
      close
      friends,
      and
     
     
      many
      people
      are
      taking
      this
      much
      worse
      than
      I
      am.
      I’ve
      never
     
     
      been
      the
      type
      to
      cry
      in
      public,
      even
      ifI
      feel
      I
      should.
      But
      one
     
     
      has
      to
      express
      his
      feelings
      in
      some
      way.
      Sometimes
      grief
      has
     
     
      to
      be
      a
      personal
      thing,
      a
      quiet
      thing.
      I’m
      still
      not
      sure
      why
      I’m
     
     
      telling
      you,
      the
      reader,
      how
      I
      feel.
     
    

    
     
      Andrew
      was
      always
      sucha
      happy,
      joyful
      person,
      and
      he
     
     
      always
      smiled.
      His
      best
      friend’s
      mother
      took
      out
      the
      photo
     
     
      album
      yesterday,
      and
      found
      all
      of
      Andrew’s
      pictures.
      He
      was
     
     
      smiling
      in
      every
      last
      one.
      And
      he
      always
      managed
      to
      make
      a
     
     
      joke
      out
      of
      everything.
      I
      can
      almost
      see
      him
      in
      Heaven,
     
     
      beaming
      down
      at
      the
      rest
      of
      us,
      and
      cracking
      jokes.
      When
      I
      get
     
     
      there,
      he’ll
      probably
      ask
      what
      took
      me
      so
      long.
     
    

    
     
      I
      think
      of
      his
      fiancee.
      They
      were
      going
      to
      get
      married
     
     
      next
      summer,
      and
      he
      was
      going
      to
      give
      her
      a
      diamond
      this
     
    
   
   
    
     
      receive
      a
      2nd
     
    
   
   
    
     
      eee
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      g.
     
    

    
     
      I
      think
      of
      his
      family.
      He
      was
      one
      of
      the
      youngest,
      and
     
     
      the
      family
      was
      closely-knit.
      They’re
      leaning
      on
      each
      other,
     
     
      their
      community,
      and
      their
      faith.
     
    

    
     
      I
      think
      of
      his
      friends.
      Some
      are
      quietly
      avoiding
      signs
     
     
      of
      grief.
      Others
      are
      openly
      displaying
      their
      emotion.
      I
      had
     
     
      counted
      myself
      among
      the
      former,
      until
      I
      wrote
      this.
     
    

    
     
      Andrew
      was
      the
      first
      of
      my
      friends
      to
      ever
      die.
      My
     
     
      grandmother
      passed
      away
      some
      years
      ago,
      but
      she
      was
      aged,
     
     
      and
      her
      health
      was
      failing.
      She
      had
      lived
      a
      full
      life,
      and
      although
     
     
      my
      family
      never
      said
      so,
      we
      all
      knew
      that
      really
      it
      was
      only
      a
     
     
      matter
      of
      time.
      We
      still
      grieved,
      of
      course.
      But
      this
      is
      very
     
     
      different.
      This
      is
      sudden
      and
      unexpected,
      a
      lightning
      bolt
      out
     
     
      of
      a
      clear
      blue
      sky.
     
    

    
     
      However,
      all
      ofus
      who
      knew
      Andrew
      can
      rest
      in
      the
      fact
     
     
      that
      he
      knew
      where
      he
      stood
      with
      God.
      Everyone
      around
      him
     
     
      was
      aware
      of
      that.
      Andrew
      knew
      where
      he
      was
      going.
     
    

    
     
      It
      might
      be
      a
      terrifying
      suggestion,
      but
      each
      of
      us
      will
     
     
      face
      eternity
      sooner
      or
      later.
      For
      some,
      it
      will
      be
      very
      soon.
      Do
     
     
      you
      know
      where
      you’re
      going?
     
    

    
     
      Andrew
      Willis
      1977-1995
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      January
      24,
      1995
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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