BAW
The Flower
Why do good kids who have their whole lives ahead of them die too soon? Why do their family members and friends too young to deal with this kind of grief have to experience this kind of pain?
My 17 year old son's close friend Josh, only 16 years old, was killed in a horrible car accident this weekend, less than 5 minutes from home. Saturday night/Sunday morning at 3:00 a.m., he was a passenger in an apparently speeding car. The sprinklers in the center median had come on and the road was wet, the car hydroplaned and hit a tree and Josh, not wearing a seatbelt, was thrown through the front window and killed instantly. I was watching the 10:00 p.m. news last night and was shocked to see the accident scene on TV. The car was absolutely destroyed. I don't know if Josh would have survived even with a seatbelt. It was horrible.
This was a good kid, someone who spent a lot of time at my house. He was the first friend my son brought home who I liked instantly. He had also become close friends with my younger son recently during summer school. My 17 year old is devastated and I know there is nothing I can do to convince him that this happened for a reason when I don't believe that myself. I don't feel right focusing on the fact that they were speeding and not wearing seatbelts right now, because my son will take this as me saying it was Josh's own fault he died.
The real tragedy, other than a young life taken too soon, is the fact that Josh lost his parents at a young age and was being raised by his grandparents. He has older brothers and sisters but as the youngest, his grandparent's doted on him. I can't even imagine how they must feel right now. All the years they spent raising and loving and worrying about Josh, only to have him taken away at 16. WHY?
And I know the worst is yet to come, when the memorials start and I have to take my kids to a funeral they aren't prepared for.
My 17 year old son's close friend Josh, only 16 years old, was killed in a horrible car accident this weekend, less than 5 minutes from home. Saturday night/Sunday morning at 3:00 a.m., he was a passenger in an apparently speeding car. The sprinklers in the center median had come on and the road was wet, the car hydroplaned and hit a tree and Josh, not wearing a seatbelt, was thrown through the front window and killed instantly. I was watching the 10:00 p.m. news last night and was shocked to see the accident scene on TV. The car was absolutely destroyed. I don't know if Josh would have survived even with a seatbelt. It was horrible.
This was a good kid, someone who spent a lot of time at my house. He was the first friend my son brought home who I liked instantly. He had also become close friends with my younger son recently during summer school. My 17 year old is devastated and I know there is nothing I can do to convince him that this happened for a reason when I don't believe that myself. I don't feel right focusing on the fact that they were speeding and not wearing seatbelts right now, because my son will take this as me saying it was Josh's own fault he died.
The real tragedy, other than a young life taken too soon, is the fact that Josh lost his parents at a young age and was being raised by his grandparents. He has older brothers and sisters but as the youngest, his grandparent's doted on him. I can't even imagine how they must feel right now. All the years they spent raising and loving and worrying about Josh, only to have him taken away at 16. WHY?
And I know the worst is yet to come, when the memorials start and I have to take my kids to a funeral they aren't prepared for.
