Feb 9, 2006. in the gym at chapel hill hs. sitting under the basketball goal earning my A :)
"helping" tyler with his math homework. arranging plans for friday night. we agree that he will drive and chaz and i will ride with him to the play off games. like always. we rode together to every game. that is after i quit cheerleading and all. haha.
Feb 10, 2006. Brittany misses the cheerleading bus. I ride with her instead. tyler and chaz get there and we sit together and goof off the whole game. i buy tyler some peanut m&ms. after the game we all argue about something. in the parking lot i trip tyler and hug him. we follow the boys home. we parted ways at the 166/92 split. we receive phone calls. we race to the hospital. our world crumbles around us.
The following days. We help plan our best friend's funeral. We survived.
You know some say that time heals. Well I don't find that statement to be true. Today I worried about Tyler's deddy and his momma and sister all day. I worried about Chaz and Cameron and Cody. I worried about Lil Chris. I worried about Ashli and Kirby and Adair. My heart is so extremely heavy. I replay everything from our senior year. Detail by detail. I wonder what we'd be doing now. I replay spring break and prom and all the times we held on so tightly to each other to make it through. I know Tyler is with Jesus and I'm so thankful of that. My heart just hurts for the rest of us here having to go on with the day to day.
so today. i remember Tyler Smith and who he was to me and the friendship we shared.
3 comments:
really touching maggie. i didn't know who tyler was until the night you talked about at the hospital. it was heartbreaking to watch so many of ya'll hurting. but incredible to see that one person touched so many. especially those that you mentioned. thanks for reminding me to pray. i will pray for his family and his close friends. we get so caught up that we sometimes do need to "rewind". thanks for sharing. i sure do wish we had hung out all those years ago. i think i would have loved it:) you remind me of me...hope that isn't offensive...
I'll pray
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Maggie - I am being selfish right now. I am so thankful you were not in the car with Tyler and Chaz. I am grateful you "survived". I am blessed to have you as my sister. I am in awe at the things you have accomplished. I believe you will have so much more success as time goes on. You are special. You are extra special to me. I love you more than words can express.
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