Gone too soon
Posted by Adie on March 10th, 2009. Filed under: Family: At Home, My Faith.When Gelliane sent me a text message about Francis Magalona‘s death, I must admit I was affected. Aside from being a long time fan, I saw my brother in him. FrancisM died of leukemia, the same sickness that took the life of my then 15-year-old brother.
Cancer is like a thief in the night. It’ll strike when you least expect it. When my brother was sick with it, there were days when he’s showing signs of getting better. Then all of a sudden, he’ll turn for the worse. It broke our hearts seeing him like that.
One of FrancisM’s last photos posted in his Multiply account.
You know the photo above (where FrancisM was already bald due to his chemo sessions)? He looked so much like my brother when he was also bald already. FrancisM’s death just triggered this deluge of memories to resurface. At least FrancisM reached his 44th year on earth before His creator took him back. My brother was only 15.
Both gone too soon.
Sometimes, no matter how hard you think of a reason that will make sense of everything, it is just so elusive. No reason can be enough to justify why people die early. We just have to console ourselves to the fact that there is a bigger plan for us in the end.
Tags: Francis Magalona, FrancisM, Leukemia