I know this might not seem important, but my whole town is reeling from shock right now…
Thanksgiving weekend, one of my friends at school had a wreck going to church. It killed her boyfriend’s cousin and injured another boy that was riding in the car. My friend came out unhurt. She hasn’t come back to school yet; those who have gone to visit her say she’s not the same anymore.
Last night, one of my best friend’s brothers was killed in a car wreck. A few years ago, he lost his girlfriend in a car wreck.
Like I said, I know these aren’t big deals to those who see death every day, but I don’t, and they affect friends of mine, therefore they affect me.
I guess my point is, you never know what’s going to happen. The two people that died were 16 and 20-something. They had so much to offer the world and now they’re gone, and the gifts they could’ve brought with them.
Life is too short for hate and bad blood. I just never realized it until now.
Very sorry to hear the news, Nocturne. As many times as I’ve dealt with unexpected deaths of family and friends I’ve never found the right thing to say. Be there for your friend whose brother died.
We’ve been through some of this recently too, and it really does make you realize that any of us might not be here tomorrow.
It can be really scary, the realization that we don’t have much control over our lives.
A 45-year-old co-worker died of an asthma attack over Thanksgiving. Another young man in town (in his 30’s) clipped a bridge abutment (he wasn’t speeding), his car flipped over into the river and he was killed. And another guy’s cousin was killed by an ex-boyfriend who followed her to where she had moved to get away from him.
I don’t know how their families cope, and it makes me feel pretty lucky, every day that passes with friends and family safe.