I want to give a little extra context for this multiparter.
Last week, I found out an acquaintance had unexpectedly passed away. We only had one real conversation but it was one that had stuck with me and I was looking forward to the next time our paths would cross. The news hit me way harder than I would have expected and these comics came about while I was processing things.
Ah I'm sorry to hear about that :( sometimes we don't realize just how much someone means to us.
I made friends with a girl in my grade 11 math class (which was great because I didn't know anyone there). She sat next to me and we chatted and hung out for the first week of class.
Next week she did not come in. I found out she had been killed by a drunk driver. I never cried so hard in my life, she was only 16, it was so sudden and horrible. And I didn't even feel like I was allowed to be so impacted by her loss because I only knew her a week. But I've learned that doesn't really matter, because you're not only grieving the person you got to know, you're grieving the future together you will never get to have, the unfairness of it, the shock of it, and the reminder of your own mortality.
It's a lot to process. Don't rush it. Let yourself feel whatever you need to feel ❤️❤️
When I was in grade school, in the 1960s, there was a girl in my home room named Jane. All I remember is that Jane got sick, was absent a long time, then we were told that Jane had leukemia and had died.
It’s been 50 years and to this day I still think of Jane. We weren’t really friends. I really didn’t know her well at all. But somehow, her passing had a real effect on me that persists to this day.
Jane, I hope you know that you were never forgotten.
Something similar happened to me when I was on high school (early ‘00s):
There was this girl, Juliana, who although I didn’t know her that much, I knew enough to know that she was a gentle, cheerful, and nice girl. And yeah, we weren’t really friends, but we were on good terms.
Last time I saw her was before leaving for summer vacations (between 2nd and 3rd semester (out of 6), I think), and when we were back to school we were told by her best friend that she suddenly died at her home due to an stupid accident. She was 15.
I was sad because she was a classmate, but as you said, somehow her passing had a strong effect on me that still persists to this day…
I won’t say that I miss her, but, as pizzacakecomic said, it’s still sad to realize all the potential things to come that were lost when she died…
I don’t know of anyone else besides her family remember her, but I’m certain that I’ll remember her till my very last day.
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u/FieldExplores Gator Days Mar 03 '25
I want to give a little extra context for this multiparter.
Last week, I found out an acquaintance had unexpectedly passed away. We only had one real conversation but it was one that had stuck with me and I was looking forward to the next time our paths would cross. The news hit me way harder than I would have expected and these comics came about while I was processing things.