Saddened

Lately it feels as if I’m surrounded by death whether of actual people or of feelings and relationships. I received an email from my psy. prof. today. She emailed me to let me know that the girl that sat behind me and who was in the art therapy master’s program that I want to get into died. i read the obituary and then googled her name to find out what had happened. She was playing softball on her 25th birthday and collapsed unexpectedly. She was an inspiration to all who knew her. She was dead before they could get to the hospital. They tried to restart her heart but it didn’t work. This saddens me greatly, we talked about my return back to school and how I felt about my age and going for a master’s degree at 43, how I have been told that I’m too old and yada, yada, yada. Kayte was wonderfully supportive. She told me lots of great things about the program. How there are a couple of women in their 60’s in the program, how I needed to do it or I would feel as if I failed without even trying. How it was never to late to go back to school and get a degree. She was a very special young lady and will be missed by all whose lives she touched. We will miss you Kayte