It's so funny how one event can make you completely rethink your priorities. It's a shock to see one of your friends go through a huge loss, and to be honest I've been fixated on this ever since it happened, constantly thinking "what if it was my mom?" This past week has been very humbling, and has helped me reevaluate what's truly important to me. Just when you think you have everything figured out, and that you are on the right path, reality swiftly kicks you in the ass, and then you have to adapt your perceptions of what you set apart as significant and valuable. I know that how you deal with situations like this is what gives you character, but let's be honest, more often than not it just seems easier for me to avoid confronation on every level, whether it's with myself, or someone else. But taking the easy way out is not what I want to do.