some things you can never explain why they happen

Received horrible news today, about my assistant/intern math teacher getting into a car accident and dying yesterday. I’ve only known her for the past school year. She had just gotten a job at a school in Baltimore and was almost complete with school. I honestly just wish I could have thanked her because i’ve never had a teacher to encourage me as much as she did to actually do well and keep trying in school. She cared a lot about her job and always seemed so eager and happy to help her students. I am still so shocked and just don’t see how this was fair for her. She put in so much work, and had so much going for her. This has had me shaken up almost all day and I just can’t seem to get her face standing in the doorway waving or saying hi to me as I walked to class out of my head. Her husband, family, and friends are in my thoughts. RIP.