Day of Mourning

Yesterday was the one year anniversary of the death of my fraternity brother Victor Strizzi, who died in a motorcyle accident. I did not know what to expect, but I felt a little out of my norm. I felt like the year went by so fast because it seemed like he was alive yesterday. I woke up for ROTC PT training and we had a moment of silence with the ROTC Batallion before we did our daily workout because he was also an ROTC cadet. I began to feel emotional throughout the day because the tragic memory kept on coming back to me. I only had one class and was occupied the whole time, so class did not affect my studies. Around 7 o'clock my fraternity brothers set up a visual at the intersection of Bay to Bay Blvd and Bayshore Blvd where he passed away. We all attended and gave flowers and paid our respects. I felt very emotional and broke down in tears. I know then I joined the right brotherhood because my brothers were there to comfort me. After the visual, we all went to Mr. Dunderbak, which is a German restaurant Vic loved to go to and we all enjoyed a nice jagerschnitzel. After that, we all went to Wendy's and ordered frosties because that was his favorite dessert. Overall the one year anniversary was emotional, but I got through it with the help of my brothers. Life must go on with my head up high.