the walk on saturday was very surreal. i did not anticipate that i would get emotional. why? mainly b/c i’m an idiot and didn’t follow the idea through to fully realize what i was doing. there were memory boards with pictures and comments. there were three quilts with names and poems. that was like an emotional punch in the stomach. i did not see it coming.
i did the best i could to not interact with anyone. i was scared i guess. ok, there was this one kid that i talked to. as we were both sitting waiting for the opening ceremony to begin, we were petting a beautiful german shepherd. and, i just can’t blow off the youngsters.
the walk began at 11am, i arrived about 8:45am. it was only three miles, five laps around the park’s pond. they gave me a shirt and then there was a table to choose bead necklaces to signify your relationship to the person who committed suicide. i grabbed two purple ones, for the two friends i lost to suicide.
my camera is messed up and the battery won’t hold a charge so the pictures i took were half from that camera and half from my camera phone.
this was the first time this walk was in charlotte, nc. it did me good on many levels.
seeing this post secret entry tonight made me sad.
September 19, 2007 at 12:51 am |
thank you for standing strong leah! you are definitely the type of friend that more people need!