If there’s one thing I’ve been taught over the past year and a half I’ve been away at school, it’s that life is so precious. Every day is a gift and you can never take one second for granted. I read this great article in the Phoenix, Loyola’s student newspaper, about a student my age who passed away unexpectedly  at the end of last semester. We shared many mutual friends; from what I have heard, she was a Phi Sigma Sigma sorority sister, a beautiful dancer and her smile could light up a room. Over the past few months of my life, there have been several family friends and faces from my childhood that have passed. It’s made me think a little differently and question the importance of certain things I used to place a lot of value in. I would like to share this article from the Phoenix. I believe its author did a great job in sharing Emily Johnson’s life with Phoenix readers. The article will be a wonderful commemoration of her beauty.

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In loving memory: Emily Johnson

by Anna Heling, Loyola Phoenix