A Promise to Keep Going

I’ll never forget that day. It started like any other morning. The sun was shining,

I made some tea, opened my phone… and the first message I saw completely froze me.

“Bro, something bad happened…” My heart started racing. I called him — no

answer. I called again — still nothing. I felt something was wrong.

A few minutes later, my phone rang. It was his mom. Her voice was shaking. She said just three

words that I’ll never forget… He’s gone, Alex. I dropped my phone.

Everything went silent. I couldn’t move. I couldn’t think. And then I saw his

last message to me “Promise me you’ll keep going, no matter what.”