I miss her.
Even though it's been almost 25 years since my friend was snatched away from me in the most heinous fashion I could possible imagine, I still think of her.
She was so much fun. We would giggle for hours on end about any and everything. We were so young. Life was just beginning for us, and we couldn't wait to get out and live it.
She never made it out.
A guy she liked -- one I introduced her to -- made an executive decision to take her life because she wouldn't give up her TV for his drug habit. How I wish she would've let the TV go. If we'd known then how the medium would devolve, she would have.
She missed everything.
The internet, two-way pagers, text messages, social media, smartphones, aging...she was gone before any of that came into play.
There are times I wonder how she'd be. Would we still be friends or would our relationship go the way of so many college friendships? Would she be married with kids? Would she be a successful superwoman with degrees and a slamming career?
I'll never know.
Today is her birthday. She would've been 48. But she left us at 23.
And I miss her. Happy Heavenly Birthday, Camille. I so wish you were here to celebrate it.
Even though it's been almost 25 years since my friend was snatched away from me in the most heinous fashion I could possible imagine, I still think of her.
She was so much fun. We would giggle for hours on end about any and everything. We were so young. Life was just beginning for us, and we couldn't wait to get out and live it.
She never made it out.
A guy she liked -- one I introduced her to -- made an executive decision to take her life because she wouldn't give up her TV for his drug habit. How I wish she would've let the TV go. If we'd known then how the medium would devolve, she would have.
She missed everything.
The internet, two-way pagers, text messages, social media, smartphones, aging...she was gone before any of that came into play.
There are times I wonder how she'd be. Would we still be friends or would our relationship go the way of so many college friendships? Would she be married with kids? Would she be a successful superwoman with degrees and a slamming career?
I'll never know.
Today is her birthday. She would've been 48. But she left us at 23.
And I miss her. Happy Heavenly Birthday, Camille. I so wish you were here to celebrate it.
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