It seems particularly unfair when death takes one so young--the loss of life and all the potential that life held. It sounds like Marissa made the most of the short years she was allotted here on earth.
I always think of the A.E. Housman poem when a young person dies:
Life, to be sure, Is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, And we were young.
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A very moving tribute, Kevin.
ReplyDeleteIt seems particularly unfair when death takes one so young--the loss of life and all the potential that life held. It sounds like Marissa made the most of the short years she was allotted here on earth.
I always think of the A.E. Housman poem when a young person dies:
Life, to be sure,
Is nothing much to lose,
But young men think it is,
And we were young.
Thanks, John. This hasn't been a very happy weekend.
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