Jessica Hoke died ten days ago...she was 5 years older than me & I haven't seen her in more than 10, yet I still got depressed & almost cried while I was volunteering 3 days ago when her memorial service happened & I couldn't go. I wasn't close to her at all, I have to admit that. We never corresponded w/ each other & when our families used to hang out, we never really were that good of friends anyways. I was better friends w/ Issabella, her younger sister. But I did get my name from Jessica Lauren Hoke. And her & her sister make up good memories that I have from when I was little. And they're part of my "alternate life." If my rents hadn't chosen a certain path, I would have grown up with Jessica & Issabella. It's hard knowing she's gone.
-Rane C.
[If anyone lives near Irvine in Cali, I'm sure you heard on the news about the 23 yr old who was waiting at the corner of a crosswalk and got hit in the head by a flying tire from a car crash that happened in that very intersection...that was my friend Jessica. Her picture is on the right.]
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The Diary Project 2-Relationships
Non-FictionRane's almost out of high school and she's already out of her first relationship. How will her newly budding friendship with Thomas fare? And will she be able to hold her life together as she moves into the newest phase of her life?
