Don't mind me

There's a SW member who passed away a while back.
She had cancer.

I saw a few posts about her.
She was loved and remembered by many.
People had so many nice things to say about her.

I thought of her a few times since.
We weren't friends or close really. I never even spoke to her.
But it just felt... strange and sad you know... to see someone online or to know them, and then one day they're gone. Like not just leaving the website gone but gone gone. Gone to heaven gone.
Gives one a deeper perspective on life, doesn't it?

Everyone we see here, on the internet; they're real people. They're human beings with feelings and personalities and character and quirky sides and hobbies and passions...
It's quite hard to grasp and deal with the fact that one day they may no longer be here. Not because they left, but because they're dead.

I've just been giving out BC's and I saw her comment on one of my posts, and I thought of her.

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I'm not usually sentimental about the dead.
I've watched quite a few people die. I've attended many funerals.

I'm quite acquainted with death.
But there's a few people who's passing made me quite emotional.
And every time I thought of them, well, it just brought this sadness into my heart.

Life is temporary.
Just like everything else in this world.

Each passing day brings us closer to death.
Some will die sooner. Others later.
And all we'll be left with are the memories.
I wonder what kind of memories I'll leave behind. Probably not very nice ones.