Goodbye....dear friend...

Sunday night, an old friend of mine suddenly passed away. The news devastated me because we were so close in middle school and in high school. We also worked together at Foodtown for two summers in a row. We were lunch buddies for 6 years, and use to chit chat and giggle about silly things when waiting in the lunch line. We use to meet up every morning before homeroom and chit chat about even more silly stuff. I'll never forget the sound of her laugh. She was always cheerful, friendly, and full of life. She was probably the nicest person I had ever met in my life....and now she's gone.... I didn't know she was so sick. She needed a liver and kidney transplant badly, but didn't get it in time. That breaks my heart because she could still be alive now...if only there were more organ donors out there. I'm a donor myself. A few years ago, when the DMV clerk asked me if I wanted to be an organ donor when I got my license, I said yes right away. Because when I'm dead, it would be a huge waste to have my organs rot inside of me. I'd rather donate all of them, so it could save lives. I've known other people who needed transplants, and are still waiting. It's sad to see someone suffer so much just because some numbskulls out there refused to sign up to be organ donors. Even though modern medicine is getting more and more advanced, in the future we might be able to completely grow artifical organs and not worry about a shortage. But alas, I have no clue what is going on in the medical world, so I have no say in it. I just wish she could've gotten the organs she needed in time. Hell, if I knew she was so sick, I'd volunteer to donate one of my kidneys to keep her alive. She didn't deserve this. It's so horrible.... In the end, RIP Alison. You are a beautiful angel now. I will never forget you....