Last night, via Twitter, I saw that Bridget Zinn, a YA novelist from Portland passed away after a prolonged struggle against cancer. She was just 33. I never knew Bridget, but her bright personality shines through her website, her videos, the people who knew her.
And though I never had the pleasure of meeting her, I felt a deep sadness. In part, I'm sure, because we are both the same age, in part b/c she won't have the chance to see her debut novel published (POISON, Hyperion 2012), but mostly b/c of the horribly cruel unfairness that is life (which also fills me with sharp anger).
The death of someone so young, so bright, who faced such adversity with incredible outward positivity puts everything in perspective, reminds me how often I take things for granted, how trivial my frustrations are.
Life is short, sometimes tragically so. Be happy.
Amen.
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