She was only 19!
I was startled by an obituary I saw this morning in the newspaper. If you have been reading my blog for awhile you may remember that we belonged to a garden club up until this spring when we sold our garden. Well, the garden club has a club house restaurant (beer garden) which is leased by a couple with two daughters. On Sunday the oldest daughter was driving home and was involved in a fatal traffic accident just a few miles from home (I don’t know the details yet). This pretty, vibrant young lady that used to work as a waitress at the biergarden is gone, only 19 years old. I know from talking with her that she was so looking forward to life, a career, a family – in her dreams she had no limits. My heart goes out to her family and friends…
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Oh, Jack, that is so hard. I hate to think about the death of someone so young (same age as my son!) My heart goes out to her family and friends too.
Posted by: backofpack | August 18, 2006 6:45 PM
How absolutely awful. I can't even imagine how parents survive something like that. May they have good friends and family members that stick close by them.
Posted by: LoraRuns | August 18, 2006 8:26 PM
when i think of a parent losing a child, i feel like a part of me has lost something, too. it makes us think about how incredibly precious our own children are and it hurts me to think they have lost their daughter. my heart goes out to them, indeed.
Posted by: matt | August 19, 2006 8:24 AM
Hi Jack, death is something that I've been dealing with for a couple years now. Being 24, I don't know why I'm so fixated on being afraid of it or trying to beat the clock by accomplishing as much as I can. I had a good friend die in a car accident last year and she had just turned 24. It saddens me a great deal that young people who have so much to contribute to the world, die young.
It's a tragic reminder that we never know when we slip from this earth but lately, I've started to overcome my fear of death. I'd come to the thought that I should be concentrating on living and experiencing as much as I can instead of being grim and not wanting to do anything because of safety concerns.
It's still hard when I hear about the passing of someone close to my age. I feel for the family but I'm saddened that she did not have the chance to accomplish her goals and live the life she had planned.
Good thoughts are with ya, Jack.
Posted by: carmen | August 19, 2006 1:03 PM
That's so sad, you just never know what's going to happen. We all try to enjoy every day but it's not always easy to do.
Posted by: Rae | August 19, 2006 6:42 PM