AxA: Welcomed Poison

We try so hard not to die. [10.03.2007]
Date: Oct 3rd, 2007 5:37:07 pm - Subscribe
Mood: upset
Yaoi Fix: I don't want one right now.

Brandon S. Elam passed on last night at 11:37. He was a boy I went to school with. He had cancer, and he's been fighting it as long as he possibly could. Just sixteen years old and now he's gone.

I want to say that life is so, so unfair. But I think that Brandon lived a much fuller life than I could ever imagine living.

I saw him once or twice, and the times that I did he was more cheerful and optimistic than anyone I'd ever met before. To be so happy and know that you're going to die too young... That takes more courage and strength than I think most people can even hope of having.

We try so hard not to die, sometimes we forget to appreciate life.

Brandon didn't forget that, I don't think.

There are so many things I wish I could say, but right now I'm just too upset to form the right words.

His death just reinforces the fact that life can take people at such young ages. It scares me. Last year Brandon Withers died - only seventeen, and now Brandon Elam who's been fighting cancer for three years - who was only sixteen when he died.

I can't think of anything else to say. The tears just won't stop flowing for a boy that I hardly knew.

I'm glad that he's in a better place now. I'm glad he no longer has to feel pain. But he will always be remember for his vigorous fight against his disease. He will forever be revered by those who knew him at Porter Ridge.

He fought a wonderful battle, and now he's chilling with angels as his reward. Or something like that.

♥ R.I.P. Brandon S. Elam ♥