February 21, 2007

• Sad news

  When God takes a young life...it hurts that much more.  It makes it that much more real that death is inevitable and no one knows when their time it up.

  On Friday, one of my students was killed in a car accident.  I had to share the sad news with the class yesterday.  Everyone was in shock.  The class sat in silence.  Then, another student who knows more of the situation shared more sad news: another classmate sits in ICU on life support.

  Four friends, all from one of the residence halls, were driving in the car when the tire ruptured.  As a result of the accident, *John died and another of my students, *Bonnie is still fighting for her life.  The other two are safe (yet probably emotionally devastated).

  How does something like this happen?  Why does it happen?  Death can be rationalized when a person is old, once they have lived a long life, but when the young die, it is that more tragic, more painful, more devastating.  These are children - these kids are someone's daughter, someone's son.  They are babies - only 18.  I cannot imagine what their families are going through.

  And while I had only met them a mere three weeks ago, I knew them.  I liked them. They made me smile. They brightened up my classroom.  And the world is not a better place without *John.  And I want them both back in my classroom.  I want them both safe and laughing and happy.  I want to hear *Bonnie tell me how the 80s fashions are so cute and she's happy their "back" in style.  I want to see *John do his signature dance move while saying his name.

  I can only pray for their family and friends - that they will somehow find peace.  I can only pray that *Bonnie will get better and recover from the accident.

  Please keep their families and friends in your prayers - if you pray. 

  *names have been changed

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