The Heartache and Sadness I Feel Over Kobe Bryant and His Daughter's Death Is Overwhelming
The heartache and sadness I feel over Kobe Bryant and his daughter’s death along with the death of the other people in that helicopter crash is overwhelming. No words can express how much my heart aches for their families, and they have my love.
I was up at the Sundance film festival when I heard the news from my brother, and I just couldn’t believe it. I thought it was one of those internet death jokes at first. But when I learned that it was real and found out the details as the day progressed, my heart just shattered into pieces, and the rest of the day I was trying to process this news. It hurt, and I couldn’t even sleep last night over it.
I am the same age as Kobe, I have a wife and three daughters of my own, and the thought of a tragedy like this happening to my family brings me to tears. The thought is unbearable and this tragic event makes you think about how fragile life is and how you want to live a happy and fulfilling life. In the end, all that matters is the people you love and the people you left a lasting impact on, and Kobe had an epic impact on the world. He left behind an incredible legacy that will never be forgotten.
There was a commenter on the site giving me crap for not posting anything on Kobe Bryant’s death yesterday, which was weird to me because someone I truly admired had died. I wasn’t ready to talk about it. Tons of other media outlets were covering it, so I didn’t feel the need to cover those details. For me, as a fan of Kobe and his incredible accomplishments, all I could do is process the horrible news in my own way. I’m still processing it. I still find my eyes welling up with tears when I think about it, it is happening as I write this post. We all deal with death in our own way, and this hit me hard.
In closing here is Kobe Bryant’s Academy Award-winning animated short Dear Basketball, a film written and narrated by Bryant and directed and animated by Glen Keane, with music by John Williams. I’ll never watch this short the same away again. The world will miss you Kobe.