Speaking from a grieving point of view, you might call me biased when I ask you to reevaluate your priorities. It is times like this when you question what you are living for, was it worth yelling at the guy at McDonald's because he put pickle on your cheeseburger? I have always heard “appreciate the simple things in life,” and I thought “why?” I have come to realize that the simple things become amazing moments in your life when you reconsider what you are living for. Making dinner with your mom becomes a good time instead of a chore; nothing could possibly be better that throwing the pigskin around with your dad.

You might want to know what happened to make me feel this way. As I'm sure you have experienced the same thing, you will understand. I lost a friend, not a super close friend, but nonetheless, someone who I spent time with and came to appreciate. After I heard of her passing, I began to wonder what kinds of thoughts she had the day of the accident, what things was she worried about? Was she extremely upset because her brother took the last Pepsi, did she yell at her mom because she made her clean the house.

If everyone looked at every moment as his or her last, this place would be a lot better. Everyone would want to be remembered by every action, by every conservation, by every moment. I will probably wake up tomorrow and be upset because waffles are for breakfast instead of pancakes. I just wanted to capture this feeling while I had it. If there is one thing that I can take away from this, it would be that you should never take any moment for granted, because it might be your last.