I found out something very sad last night. I suppose this happens to everyone at some point. Back in High School I was a casual friend of this one girl. She was totally cute with curly red hair and just and adorable personality. She dated one of the 'bad boys.' The guy who spiked the punch at prom. Shortly after that they broke up and went their separate ways.
About a year or so later I met her aunt by chance, their last name was very easy to remember, and unique! Through her I found out she had married and was expecting a baby.
A few years after that as I was waiting in the terminal on the base to see DH off to his first deployment since we'd been married she was there. Along with her husband who was deploying with DH and 2 adorable little boys. I was very distressed and didn't get to speak to her. Shortly after that I heard a rumor that they were having problems and weren't sure that her husband was the father of her second boy. Well at that point there was no disputing it...both boys looked exactly alike and just like their father.
So it's been at least 3 years since then now. Well almost 3 years to the day actually. Last night a friend from HS that I am still close to, ran into another old friend. She was killed in a car accident shortly after I saw her the last time. She had separated from her husband and was in the car with her old high school boyfriend and 3 other people. Both she and the other girl in the car were killed. They all were drunk.
I am so heartbroken. She was a wonderful person. Sweet and insecure at the same time. She was the kind of person you hoped you'd run into frequently over the years because she just always seemed to care and be so excited to see you. She's gone now. And she's left 2 little boys, both will probably not remember her.
I'm sorry to be so long winded on here about it. I'm just in shock I guess. Please please please, don't ever drink and drive. And don't let anyone you know do that either. Our actions extend far beyond affecting just ourselves.
About a year or so later I met her aunt by chance, their last name was very easy to remember, and unique! Through her I found out she had married and was expecting a baby.
A few years after that as I was waiting in the terminal on the base to see DH off to his first deployment since we'd been married she was there. Along with her husband who was deploying with DH and 2 adorable little boys. I was very distressed and didn't get to speak to her. Shortly after that I heard a rumor that they were having problems and weren't sure that her husband was the father of her second boy. Well at that point there was no disputing it...both boys looked exactly alike and just like their father.
So it's been at least 3 years since then now. Well almost 3 years to the day actually. Last night a friend from HS that I am still close to, ran into another old friend. She was killed in a car accident shortly after I saw her the last time. She had separated from her husband and was in the car with her old high school boyfriend and 3 other people. Both she and the other girl in the car were killed. They all were drunk.
I am so heartbroken. She was a wonderful person. Sweet and insecure at the same time. She was the kind of person you hoped you'd run into frequently over the years because she just always seemed to care and be so excited to see you. She's gone now. And she's left 2 little boys, both will probably not remember her.
I'm sorry to be so long winded on here about it. I'm just in shock I guess. Please please please, don't ever drink and drive. And don't let anyone you know do that either. Our actions extend far beyond affecting just ourselves.
