A grim reminder

Yeah as I write this I'm pretty riled up with a mix of emotions. Anger, fear, sadness and relief. I'm just writing this because I think we all need to be reminded how much our friends actually mean to us.

I have had 2 grim reminders over the past two weeks of why we should always love our friends to the fullest and never take anything for granted because two of my friends were nearly killed. One was walking back from stock cars on a Saturday night and without warning a taxi stopped next to him and a guy with a shotgun shot him in the arm and then sped off. Luckily it was loaded with bird shot and he managed to get medical attention before he bled out. The second time my best friend whom was my first friend I ever made was stabbed when he was in the car with his dad, two guys tried to rob them and in the fray he got stabbed in the back, luckily he is okay though.

Basically guys what I'm trying to say is make the most of the time you have with your friends, please. You never know when they'll leave this life or when you will. I really hate the crime rate here in South Africa....