Just Drew It

On Tuesday the world lost a truly inspirational person to cancer. His story has impacted thousands of people’s lives and continues to. His name is Drew Wall.

          Drew went to Kennedy. He was a sophomore. Unfortunately, I never really got the chance to get to know him that well. But I have known about him since his struggle with cancer began because he was the Kennedy volleyball coach’s nephew and she was my coach when it all began. I wish I had gotten to know him, though, because he sounded like someone you could learn a lot from. Just hearing his story makes me realize how good my life actually is.

          His visitation was today at Kennedy. There were tons of people there. I got there around one o’clock (the time it was supposed to start). When I walked inside there was already a long line waiting to walk through and when I left it was longer. I also noticed that there were a few of golfers from an Iowa City school in the line.

          Even though, a lot of people didn’t really know him that well at school, they all support him and his family. Tons of people are buying purple t shirts that say “Just Drew It.” Not only people at Kennedy, but from other schools, as well. I know that Kennedy is planning on having a purple out for Drew in a couple of weeks. Also I saw, via instagram, that Linn-mar did the same thing last night at their basketball game. I think it’s awesome that a bunch of the schools are all coming together to support this one family that they may or may not even know.

          Since the beginning of Drew’s battle, he has had a caring bridge website where he and his family can tell his story. Anyone can visit the website and leave comments on the visitor’s page. The day that Drew passed away, his mom wrote about how he had passed away earlier that day and the events that led up to his final moments. The first thing written was this:

“Drew is home and HOME! Drew is giving Jesus a really HIGH five tonight! All the angels are rejoicing because our sweet sweet boy is HOME in heaven tonight!”

When I first read this passage, tears filled my eyes. I encourage everyone to read the rest of what she wrote and to read his entire story. It’s truly amazing.

#justdrewit          http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/drewwall

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