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   I just read our paper and recieved horrid news. I was not home last night, or I might have answered the phone and heard that way. A dear friend's son was a passenger in a friend's Mustang, and while speeding, the driver lost control of the car. My friend's son is dead. There wasn't alcohol involved--just a chance to see what the car could do apparently. It cost the life of a fine young man with a wife and a baby on the way that will NEVER know his father. Let this be a lesson and please remember to use caution this evening. You may not be drinking or driving improperly, but there was a family in the other car and they are all in the hospital too.

   Prayers for the horrific grief the family is dealing with. Not the way to start the New Year--you are not supposed to bury your children.

   Posted 1 year ago by SoxsMom #

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   Oh, I am so sorry, SM. What a horrible accident for so many to have to deal with.

   Posted 1 year ago by WillowandWindismom #

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   Dreadful. i lost my grandmother to someone speeding and its something that takes a long time to heal. Thoughts are with them.x

   Posted 1 year ago by Pika #

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   sm what terribly sad news. even though i don't know the individuals, i am saddened to hear of this devastating accident. my thoughts are sending much sympathy to all those concerned. sorry that you had this experience on the verge of a new year. peace to all.

   Posted 1 year ago by poochi7 #

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   SM, I am sorry to hear about your friend's son. We had a very similar incident here on the 23rd, a car full of high school seniors speeding in bad weather. I hope everyone who is traveling tonight is extra careful with all of the "amateurs" out on the roads.

   Posted 1 year ago by sisncats #

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   I'm so sorry to hear about this, SM. Such an awful, sad way to start the new year.

   {{{SM}}}

   Posted 1 year ago by Kilroy #

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   SM this is truely sad..I am so sorry to hear about this family that has been devastated by what I'm sure seemed harmless at the time. Thank you for caring so much as to not just ask for prayers but ask others to learn from this...

   Posted 1 year ago by 2bpurring #

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   Oh no! Such a senseless death! So many lives will be inflicted... {{{hugs}}}

   Posted 1 year ago by miu #

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   It's bad enough to hear about losing our soldiers fighting in a stupid war. That to me is very tragic but to lose a life which could have been avoided is not only tragic but just such a waste that served no purpose whatsoever. What a horrible way to start the new year. I am sorry for your friend SM. How very, very sad.

   P.S. Pika I am so sorry about your Grandmother.

   Posted 1 year ago by petpntr #

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    I'm so sorry to hear about your friends son SM. I quite understand what you are talking about as only 7 hours ago at 3.30am we were woken by a car going light speed down our road followed closely by a police car complete with lights and sirens. We live in a cul de sac and we waited for the bang as they reached the end but thankfully the idiot went up a drive to a house and was arrested immediately. The house at the end of the road had a car land on the roof last year. All for the thrill of speed.
    My sympathies to your friend and her family.

    Posted 1 year ago by Moonshadow_NZ #

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    This is awful. I send out thoughts to that poor young man's family and friends. I am so sorry.

    Posted 1 year ago by eleniki #

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    Petpntr:

    From a loving and very loyal soldier that I married over 20 years ago:

    "Thank you for your opinion, and thank a soldier that you are allowed to voice your opinion." Mr. SoxsMom.

    You can disagree with the war all you want but to say that to a military wife, who for the first time in 10 years is spending the holidays with her husband in the same country is very difficult. I am all to painfully aware that many do not believe in the military, but on this site at least until now I haven't felt attacked. First a dear friend loses her son and you speak out about the war. Thanks for the care and support. Perhaps I need to learn from LV and take a walk for awhile and heal.

    Posted 1 year ago by SoxsMom #

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    i am sorry to hear about your friends son , what a horrible accident. i send you all my prayers and a white light . please keep us posted on how your friend is doing. ((((Hugs)))))

    Posted 1 year ago by beth #

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    SM, that is a terrible, terrible thing to happen. I am so sorry. My deepest sympathies to you, your friend and all this young man's family, especially his poor wife and baby.

    Posted 1 year ago by jcat #

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    SM, I am so sorry, this is so sad, such a waste. Prayers for the family.

    Posted 1 year ago by Tigerlilly #

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    {{{{Soxsmom}}}}} I am so sorry for the pain and suffering that has been inflicted by this tragic accident.

    Posted 1 year ago by tinafishfrombirthplaceofElvis #

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    Oh SM. How very sad. Sending positive energy to his family. and the victims in the other car.

    Posted 1 year ago by artistabobbi TX 1/17 #

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    Lots & lots of prayers for strength and healing to both familes and their friends, and you too {{{SM}}}!

    Peace to you. :)

    Posted 1 year ago by Tigger #

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    Thank you for your condolences and prayers, they are greatly appreciated. This sure isn't how we thought the New Year would start. I hope that all were safe last night and had a wonderful celebration ringing in the New Year.

    Posted 1 year ago by SoxsMom #

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    {{SM}} Such a sad incidence.

    Posted 1 year ago by miu #

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    My condolences to you, SM, and to your dear friend on the loss of her son, and to his young family. This is so very sad.

    Posted 1 year ago by Rubia in CA, 4/28 #

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    SM, I know the pain of losing someone you love in an accident. The "what if's" can almost drive you insane. I lost my mom in an accident, not a car but a building collapse, and it has taken me years to try and get over that day. I hope that your friends might find a grief support group that can help them. It is always such a tragedy to see a young life cut short. I guess we just are not meant to know the reasons why sometimes.

    Posted 1 year ago by WillowandWindismom #

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    {{{SM}}} This is heart breaking. :(

    Posted 1 year ago by Catfancier #

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    O.K. Soxmom I remember this. Let me first explain why I said what I did. I thought this was such a tragic death especially for such a young person that I had tears running down my face when I read it. I started to say exactly that about the tragedy of losing a young person so senselessly. It occurred to me just before I posted that someone may take exception who had a child or relative in the forces who was also young and could be killed. So I was trying not to offend anyone. Obviously it didn't come out that way. Being killed in a stupid war is horrific but it is at least for a cause. Getting killed by a drunk driver is equally horrific but there is no purpose served and absolutely no one benefs from it. It was a terrible tragic event and there is no way on God's green earth that I meant to diminish the importance of that and I am so sorry that is the way it came across.

    It is unfortunate that on the internet we don't have the luxury of seeing facial expressions or reading body language so typed words can be misinterpreted. Again SM I apologize for hurting your feelings. It was the last thing I wished to do.

    Posted 1 year ago by petpntr #

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    My condolences to your son, to you Soxsmom as well as to your friend's family. Such a tragic loss of such a precious life.

    Posted 1 year ago by SylvesterMiasMomma #

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    SM I am also very sorry for the loss of dear Wesley,I meant to write something but this loss is so horrific that I couldn't wrap my head around it.I'm sorry that you did not feel supported here. I also feel especially bad about this war for me it has become symbolic for all the bad things that this administration has done and I might have said the same thing not knowing what it would mean to someone who was or is in the military. I always support the military just not this war,i don't know if that makes any sense. I'm glad that you have educated me on that because I will be very careful from now on.
    I wish I lived closer to you,I would come over in a heartbeat and hug you and thank both you and your husband for serving in one of the most difficult wars ever. I guess none of them(wars) make sense though do they?
    [[[[Hugs]]]]

    Posted 1 year ago by Buttercup #

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    Thank you Buttercup.

    Posted 1 year ago by SoxsMom #

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    How is your frined doing SM?

    Posted 1 year ago by Tigerlilly #

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    Oh brother. SM I just now saw for the first time your response to me above. In retrospect I have no idea how you could twist what I said into something offensive. I used 2 words "stupid war"! Hardly a statement about politics and it certainly was not meant to be a political stand as you have chosen to take it. I did not mean it to convey feelings or opinions on the war or the military. I believe all wars are stupid. They really don't achieve anything because in the end the value of the lives lost is not worth it. How you can take that to be offensive to a military wife or not, or interpret that I was inferring anything negative about the military is beyond my comprehension. My whole point was that we lose soldiers all the time who are around the age of your friends son. That is tragic but at least they died for a cause and since they are in a war zone, in most cases I guess, unavoidable. This young man didn't die for any cause he died because someone was drunk and it could have been avoided!

    I don't think ever in my life have I been accused of "baiting" after sending what I thought were simple but heartfelt sympathies. Who would have ever guessed that 2 words could be so horrifically misinterpreted and misconstrued while the other words in the sentence are totally ignored. Unbelievable.

    Posted 1 year ago by petpntr #

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