don't forget.

today was enlightening. i went to the cemetery with thieunhi people. we went around to the people we knew who were at the cemetery who died and prayed for them. at first i was reluctant to go. because you know, who wants to spend their saturday at a cemetery? but in the end, i was rather glad i went. we first went to anh son's burial spot. i do'nt really remember him. he was a huynh truong at st. barbara when i was 7 years old. he died when he was 20. i looked at his picture and i recognized his face. god, life is so short...we stopped at other burials. jimmy's dad for instance. he really looked like jimmy. i wonder how jimmy felt when he died. its not something i've ever really thought about. then we stopped by chi nga's niece's burial spot. her niece was a baby. only seven months old. and she died leaving behind a twin. a lot of babies that wer eburied there were only a few months old. we even saw one that was only two hours old. that made me think. damn life is REALLY short. and we stopped by some other people's burial spots like john's grandma. and bob's grandma. but the one that really made me tear up was the boy from another church. he was from lavang i think? i don't remember his name. i remember his saint name though, andrew. he was twelve years old when something in his brain went wrong. and he died. his birthday was two days ago, on thursday. november fifth. he would have been fourteen years old. it just really hit close to home. i didnt' know the kid personally but i remember seeing him at camp. and anh huy knew him and. it was the first burial i saw that was a kid almost my age. who went to thieu nhi and. i remembered seeing at camp. he was buried in his thieu nhi uniform. that's amazing. and it really made me think about how. short life is. our last stop was anh mau. he dedicated his life to thieu nhi. and i remember watching the skit about him at camp. it made me cry. i think he'll be happy to see that so many people visited his grave. he would've been around fifty this year. man, life is short.

so basically, i learned that life is incredibly short. and you should live it to the fullest. i think all those people we visited are happy today. because they know they aren't forgotten. amen to that.