The Worst Audible Ever.

A single death is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic.

- Joseph Stalin

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FIrst off, I would like to thank Mr. Mernin for having that quote in his room, or else I wouldn't be able to use it tonight.

This quote by Joseph Stalin is very true. The death of millions is a statistic. As I type this blog, today is the day that we remember the attacks on both the World Trade Center, The Pentagon, and some empty lot in Philadelphia.

I remember the day that this happened. I came home from basketball practise, and my dad said "fucking terrorists". 

The news was buzzing about this story. CNN, NBC, ABC. All reporting names of the people who died, the number of people who died, the specific person who called 911 before she died. The possiblities of why this would happen and what would happen next.

On the other side of the quote, a single death is a tragedy. The people who were statistics to the many viewers of the news have realized that some members of their family were officially gone.

Dead. 

They knew that they were gone from this world. Nothing can bring them back.

Not even a prayer.

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Like 9-11 itself, I didn't see this one coming, and just by coincidence, it was about death.

This person has had his parents died in two Aprils, a year separate.

Not that I've had any of my parents die, but I'm pretty sure that when this happens, people tend to call a huge audible in their life.

It's like, making a shotgun play with an I formation play. with ten seconds left on the clock in the fourth quarter. 

In the superbowl, no less

I know, what moron of a coach would call that kind of play?

The point of that analogy is that, it is definitely complicated, and it can make or break a career.

Some people tend to sink quicker than the Titanic and lean on the bad side making bad decisions themselves, thinking that without parents, there is no support system.

HOWEVER!

Some people tend to find strength in themselves to swim up, not get sucked in the metaphorical darkhole that is nothing but grief and sadness, adapt quickly, move on in their lives, knowing that they are going to have a good future at the end of the road.

However, again, it does not necessarily mean that this person has not had a rocky road in doing so.

According to this person, they believe that it was luck that helped them out. But that's only the part of it.

The latter, I believe is a desire to live longer, happier. 

This person believes that there's a hell lot going on around and this person does not want to miss out on it because of a very tragic event.

Basically, if this person wants to tell the story to other people and want something for people to not wallow in that memory, it would be this:

The memory lives, but there are a lot of memories to be made still