In this "business", you come across people who are amazing and who are mediocre. Not all are Boys & Girls Club people that I find to be amazing.....I can count the amount of people that I admire and respect how they love what they do.
One of which was a lovely man named Saunders Montague. He was the principal of a local High School and someone I admired. I admired him because of his commitment to youth, his drive to see the good in every single kid and believe me, he saw the hardest kids in his time. But we had a great respect for each other and worked well together. Because we always saw the hope.
Mr. Montague passed away last week at the age of 54. And I was jostled a bit.
And then, on Sunday morning, I opened my Facebook to see that my friend, Jason Zimmerman passed away on Saturday. Jason was someone who lifted me up when I felt I had lost a kid and he made me laugh with his approach to teaching and he reminded me, very often, how fortunate I was.
Jason was around my age when he passed away this weekend. And this time, I was shaken to the core.
I have been struggling with this sadness, more like sorrow, all day long.
I tried today, to spent time with my Club Kids....and it did help a bit. I had a bunch of teens in and out of visiting with me....talking about boy problems and all sorts of teenage stuff.
And I felt like I was doing some good.
But I still felt the overwhelmingness. My sister calls it a "wake up call". I need to WAKE UP and stop concentrating on taking care of every single person in Chandler, Arizona and take care of ME. I need to continue to help all these people reach their goals but I also need to remind myself of what my dreams are, however small or large, and start the journey towards them.
I have to live.
Not just exsist. I feel like I've been exsisting for far too long.
When I sent Jason a tshirt, I knew he would rock it............Little did I know that it would sum up what I needed to be reminded of. I need to remember to Be Great.
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