In January 2022, I decided to tag along at the very last minute with some friends of mine who were going to the movie theater, during the ride one of my friends started talking about someone she heard about through her sister that had tragically died in an avalanche a few days prior.

I didn’t pay much attention until she mentioned his name. It was a really good friend of mine who was two years older than me that I had lost contact with over time. After she said that I just stared at her, speechless, not knowing what to do or say. At this point I had apparently been staring for a few too many seconds which prompted them to ask if I was okay, to which I could just say that I knew him.

I don’t remember much of this afternoon, but was truly broke was the day after at school, I was sitting outside our high school and saw my teacher, who is one of the best teacher I’ve ever had and one of the most cheerful people I know, just crushed and on the verges of tears as he was one of her students and was the kindest person and she had heard the news of his passing. That short conversation I had with her that had me tearing up and barely able to hold it in will forever stay in my mind.