Today was a very difficult day for me. We buried the
girlfriend of a dear colleague of mine. She lost her fight against leukemia
after 2 years of struggling. I only met her once or twice at the yearly
barbecue at work, but you could really see that that girl had spice in her. A
fighter. A very sweet and honest girl. I heard many stories about her in the
office and in the lab when Joris and i where there the whole day. The guy just
could not stop talking about her. Never gave the impression of giving up. For a
22 year old male person, that is not a simple task to fulfill. But he never
once did back down. He never gave up hope. He never complained. I can not begin
to tell you how much i respect him in every way. As i am writing this , her
picture is next to me. And in some strange way it gives me hope for everything
that is to come. Because if there is one thing that i have learned from this,
it is that you have to follow your heart, you have to do instead of plan, you
have to shout instead of whisper and you have to be who you are. No regrets, no
mistakes and for sure a whole lot of being. And i will make all of the above
happen, but today…? Today is just a sad day.
