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March 24th, 2015. The Day I Met Regret

Aug 15, 2018 6 years ago

Around here, however, we don't look backward for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious...and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths -Walt Disney Jaxon Kayce. He was at the top of our class, the perfect poster child for our school. He had everything in life he could possibly want. At least that's what everyone thought until March 24th, 2015. That was the day that Jaxon committed suicide by drug overdose. Jaxon was 17 years old. He wrote a note and gave it to me the day before he died. I never had a chance to read, and honestly, I didn't really want to. You see, Jax has been my best friend since 2nd grade. We grew up next to each other and have been close ever since. We had just been in a fight about a girl in our class that I liked, the problem was that she liked Jax. I told him I wouldn't talk to him again if he decided to date her. He gave me the note that day after school, I was still mad so I just stuffed it in my backpack and forgot about it. When his mom called to tell me what had happened the first thing I did was find that note. I read, "Kason, I know we have been fighting over Emily for a while and I want to say I'm sorry. I told her it's just not going to work out and that I couldn't date her. I have been under a lot of pressure lately and I need to talk to you. Meet me at our spot in the backyard tomorrow at 3:45 p.m. " I realized he wanted me to meet him just an hour before he died. When I realized what I had done by not reading that note I was instantly regretful. I had been thinking about myself and could have probably prevented what happened to my best friend. I haven't been the same since that day. Now I am trying to prevent teen suicides, so that doesn't happen to anyone else. I hope you are inspired by my story today. Remember to put others first, especially the ones you love. Don't ignore the bad but keep going. Open the next door for opportunity, and don't look back.

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