Today I guess it finally sunk in… Dan’s not coming back. No one’s going to text me saying he’s out of the coma and it was just some sick joke. All those messages on facebook and myspace aren't going to go away. On Tuesdays, the seat next to me in Hons Chem, in the lecture room, is going to stay empty. And I’m not going to stop crying.But it’s not just me crying today. Everyone is. If...

Today, someone in my school died.I have never had to experience death through someone I knew where it was a friend or family.Death has always seemed so far away, but now reality has finally sunken in and I can't even begin to imagine the pain, grief, and suffering his friends and family must be going through.His name was Dan and I never personally knew him. He was the boy that was friends with...