I'm not normally one to share a ton of my personal issues on here, but it's been a really rough couple weeks.

Last week a boy named Michael died. I knew his sister in high school very well (she's a senior and he was a freshman). His parents we're going through a very difficult divorce and he was consistently made fun of for being gay. Sunday 2 weeks ago he attempted suicide by hanging. He did not succeed and was put on life support and died last Thursday. That was hard on his sister, and I did my best to comfort her as much as possible.

This week one of my theater professors (who has been fighting breast cancer for many years) was put in the hospital and put on life support Monday. We found out yesterday (Thursday) that this had happened at all and that it would be the best time to say goodbye because they we're going to pull the plug within the next day. She died last night at 4:30pm.

Today, I found out a classmate of mine in high school (most of my friends including my boyfriend are still in high school so I still hear about things like this) had suffered the loss of his father to pancreatic cancer. My heart is with that poor boy.

If I had a time to say that deaths come in three's, that would be now.
If I had a time to say that Friday the 13th was ever unlucky from my point of view, that would also be now.

This has been a rough week on a lot of us and me, especially those close with the professor (I've seen this direct impact most). In theater, it almost becomes your second mother figure because you're with them all the time and work with them constantly. I have been the shoulder for a lot of crying people these past few days.

Thanks,
Jess