Sad news

I am sure it's no shock to anybody by now that the very talented and gifted actor, Heath Ledger passed away today. This kind of news always hits hard and I don't know why. We live in a country where soldiers are dying everyday for a war they are unsure they are fighting in the first place. You can't open a newspaper without reading of a tragic car accident or murder. I guess this one hits home because we felt like we actually knew Heath. I remember looking at pictures of him walking his daughter, Matilda, on the streets of Brooklyn and trying to decipher which parent she looked the most like. I remember reading quotes from him describing life as a father and falling completely in love with him all over again, like the feeling I saw 'The Patriot' for the first time. I think the biggest reason this hit home was the fact I felt I was welcomed into his life. He was a celebrity, I was supposed to know all the good and bad details of his life. And now, personally, I grieve for his family, the mother of his child, and most of all, his daughter. Heath left this earth, like many before him, too soon. And whatever the outcome is of how and why this happened, one thing is for sure, it's another tragic story of a gifted actor who expired too soon.