The good and the bad
Well, I have had alot of ups and downs this past week. A few days ago, some teenagers from the high school where my son attends 11th grade got into a car accident. One of my son's friends died in that accident. I didn't realize the impact it had on him. This one was different than the last. A friend of mine had a daughter who also attended the same high school. Several months ago, she crashed her car and was killed. My son didn't seem affected by this. He talked about it in a matter of fact tone and then at some point we stopped talking about it all together. I got a phone call from the school this morning asking if I would give my permission to let my son leave school and attend a funeral. I was overwhelmed by the thought that at the age of 17, my son was attended the funeral of one of his friends. It also happens to be the son of a co-worker of my husbands. This is a sad time in our lives when someone of this age, dies so needlessly. The only thing that I can get out of this tragedy is to let my son know that I love him, and this is the reason that he doesn't have a drivers license yet. He has started doing better in school and that was a requirement for us to consider letting him get a license. I am not so sure that I want him to any time soon, now that this terrible ordeal has touched our lives. I can only explain that driving is a huge, huge, huge responsibility and it isn't a game. Everytime you get behind the wheel of a car, you are taking responsibility for not only your life, but the life of everyone else on the road. I don't think he is ready for that kind of responsibility. He has a hard enough time just getting his homework done and being responsible for himself. So at the age of 17, my baby is attending a funeral today...one of his friends is gone, and I am heartbroken for him.This really takes away from the joys that have happened this week. I did go to WW yesterday and did loose 2.6 lbs. I have been doing the Wendi Plan and love it. Went to lunch yesterday with Luanne and O'Dean, who was here visiting from NC, and we had a nice time. Went to Sam's Club afterward and shopped for a bit. Then off to home. So yesterday was my SHD, I had to change my points around to fit. That's alright though, I can do that. I really have to get out of the house and go to Curves. I was on my way and the phone rang. It was the school, and so I had to come and write about what was happening at the moment. I will get to Curves...it's only 10am. Hope to be back tomorrow. Please, those of you with kids, Love them now, and don't take them for granted. I can only imagine what it must be like to loose a child at 17. This happens so frequently it seems that we are loosing our children too soon. Keep the family in your prayers and keep your children safe.
posted by DonnaM04 @ 10/20/2005 09:45:00 AM
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