Suicide part 2 postponed for a week. This post is in honor of Maxine Bartkovich my nephew Brian's girlfriend. UNEXPECTED LOSS. By: Soul To Soul

2/19/2016

.Her name is Maxine Bartkovich. While driving, the fatal crash occurred around 5 p.m. on westbound I-4 near World Drive. Her vehicle was rear-ended by a Ford pickup. Her Toyota Corolla was then pushed into another Ford truck, which struck a Honda, according to troopers.

She was just 21 and had her entire life ahead of her with many plans already in the works. She was loved by all including my nephew Brian Troop. They just started a beautiful relationship together in December. The beauty of a new love with the excitement of their future together and all the dreams that come with it.

I was just in Orlando last weekend and hoped to meet up with them but it didn't work out. I think now that was because they needed to spend as much time together as they could before this tragedy. I was sad we couldn't meet but now even more sad that I didn't have the opportunity to meet this beautiful young lady. But, I understand why the meetup couldn't happen and thankful for the time that the 2 of them had together.

She was a beautiful girl with so much ahead of her. She was three months from graduating with a degree in hospitality management at UCF. She worked hard, putting herself through college. She worked two jobs, sometimes three jobs just to get through college. She was a real go-getter. Her dream life was truly about to begin but in an unexpected blink of an eye, it was taken away from her.

I am writing this as a WAKEUP call to us all. Live everyday as full as you can because you never know what the next minute is going to bring. Don't put off until tomorrow, next month or next year. We can all be taken in a blink of an eye.

They do not know what the cause of the accident was but PLEASE keep your distractions to a minimum. Please do not text, google internet, read emails, search your playlists and so on. PLEASE BE AWARE. Life is precious, yours and others.

Maxine you are resting in peace. The heavens needed a beautiful soul with a beautiful smile. They now have the most perfect hospitality director there so when everyone goes to heaven they are greeted with that beautiful smile and blessed with your heart and soul and you can sooth and calm other souls upon arrival. Continue your dreams in heaven. You are deeply loved and truly missed.

2 Comments

Kate Wilson, MHM, CS

2/23/2016 05:10:37 pm

I was a professor of Max's at The Rosen College, and she began her career there with me. She loved making foods that we had learned about in our techniques class and would bring me samples of her kitchen triumphs. She also registered for other classes that I taught, because she enjoyed my teaching style and felt like she could talk with me about issues outside of class.

We spent some time during her career at Rosen talking about Dr. Who, music and Japanese art, but we also talked about how very much she was like my daughter Hannah. They would have been fast friends had they ever met.

This has been difficult, as I didn't realize just how much I knew about this wonderful and vibrant young woman. I am so honored to have taught her, to have known her, to have been blessed to have had her in my life. She lived so intensely, and I should take note of that.

So here's a Dr. who quote to our dear Maxine. As the Tenth Doctor said, "Some people live more in twenty years than others do in eighty. It's not the time that matters. It's the person."

We will miss you sweet girl like the flowers miss the rain.

Lynn Troop link

2/26/2016 06:47:01 am

Thank you Kate so much for sharing your beautiful story. What a bright light that was put out way before her time. I hope to still talk to her soon someday. Everyone who crossed her path was blessed in many ways

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