I’m feeling all of these emotions right now, and I just don’t know what to do with them..so I guess I’ll wing it.
It’s not fair, and it feels so surreal. She was only 20 years old, why did she have to die? She had so much life ahead of her, so many things to live through.
Although it’s been a decade since I’ve last seen her, I’ve heard so many wonderful things about her. She was such a respectable young woman. Her father, being the strict asian man that he is, wanted her to join the police academy like him. She listened to him and joined. Instead of arguing and disagreeing, she listened to her father.
She didn’t really know what she wanted to do with her career, so she decided to follow along her in father’s footsteps. Not too many children do that these days.
She was always quiet, and I’m not sure how her young adult self was. But as a child, she always kept to herself. Not very outgoing, but there was something about her that drew you in. She was cute as a button too, so I’m sure she grew up to be a beautiful and radiant young woman.
It breaks my heart to think of all of the things she won’t be able to do. She won’t be able to get married, or have kids. She won’t be able to complete the police academy to become a strong, independent police woman. She won’t be able to travel, or see things. She won’t be able to live in the new year of 2013. She can’t see her two younger brothers grow up. She can’t see the future beautiful summers of Taiwan. She can’t cry, laugh, smile. She can’t be held. All of these things she can’t do anymore at the age of 20. It’s not fair.
All of these years I’ve thought about her. I’ve wanted to contact her and grow close to her, but with our families being so distant physically and emotionally, I never got the opportunity. It breaks my heart, because although I’m sure she never really thought about me, I thought about her a lot and she will never know. I wish I could tell her all of these things.
I guess, even though I’ve only met her three times in my life, I’m very fortunate to have met her. It’s strange, I miss her so much, and I’ve lived so many years apart from her.
I’ll probably blog more about other topics later.