Tragedy

    In my personal life, I haven't really experienced much tragedy. I've read about it, but aside from that and having some family members die, it hasn't affected me as much as it might affect other people. The closest thing I can think of is a family friend dying a few months ago. He had been diagnosed with cancer in the past, but it had seemed like he beat it until it resurfaced and slowly ate away at him and he passed away. I was upset, but my mother, who'd been really close to them, was completely broken by it. Even now, sometimes, I catch her crying a bit because of it. She'll start telling me a story about him and how funny he was, or something nice he did, and just start tearing up. And that makes me feel even worse because I didn't really know that person all that well and I didn't feel nearly as bad as my mother did.
    But I think that's just how I am. Even when my grandparents died, I didn't cry for very long, and not because I wasn't upset, but I just couldn't cry anymore tears. Even worse is that I cry about everything else- failing tests, getting a speeding ticket, homework... Man, that sounds depressing just reading it! And maybe that's a kind of tragedy in itself- a person not being able to cry in sad situations no matter how hard they try. But that's nowhere near as bad as what we've read already. At least I didn't kill one of my parents and marry the other and then stab myself in the eyes after learning what I'd done. Now that would be really tragic.