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jennym
True Blue Farmgirl
76 Posts
Jenny
Green Lane
PA
USA
76 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 14 2007 : 4:46:45 PM
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Yesterday afternoon 2 of my 17-year old son's classmates were killed in a car accident. They were driving really, really fast with no seatbelts, and couldn't stop in time to avoid a tractor trailer that was turning left in front of them. The skid marks from when they started braking were nearly 400 feet long.
It's so scary, especially when you have a teen of your own who's driving...not to mention so heartbreaking. I keep thinking of those poor parents and, well, it leaves me speechless. I don't know their names (the parents), but could you say a little prayer for them? Thanks.
Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10 |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - Aug 14 2007 : 5:01:55 PM
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| Will do - it's only by the grace of god that my four kids survived til adulthood without something like that happening. I know my boys especially drove way to fast and recklessly and did some drinking when they were in high school. My heart goes out to those families. |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Aug 14 2007 : 6:20:48 PM
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Yes, Jenny we will pray and for your community.
Carol Sue
Enjoying life. |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9581 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Aug 14 2007 : 6:35:29 PM
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Jenny,
Will keep those families in prayer.
Denise
"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof and all that dwell therein."
www.torismimi.blogspot.com |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22942 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl
1438 Posts
Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
1438 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2007 : 03:12:52 AM
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| Jenny, praying for peace of heart and mind. Nance |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2007 : 05:48:47 AM
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It's terrible...I'm so sorry for their parents, and friends. Just when life was beginning! We've had so many similar accidents here in the past two months.
I remember feeling invincible at that age, how about anyone else? The difference was, I didn't get my license until I was 22.
"She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. |
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
1573 Posts
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Posted - Aug 15 2007 : 07:23:44 AM
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| I'm soo sorry to hear that -will keep them in my prayers!! |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Aug 15 2007 : 07:57:33 AM
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| We've had 3 major car accidents this summer that killed multiple young people. In one accident, 5 girls from the same high school were traveling together in one car and they all died in the crash. They were texting back and forth to friends in another car and the distraction probably contributed. I don't remember feeling invincible when I started driving. I was terrified, and probably dangerous for that reason too. I guess I was the exception to the rule. |
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
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Posted - Aug 15 2007 : 10:05:03 AM
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It seems sometimes girls are a bit more cautious when the start driving, but I think all new drivers tend to drive too fast. The grandson my stepmom is raising is 15 1/2 and has his permit. He's just over 5 ft tall and driving this big 4wd pickup...and drives it way too overconfident. Very fast in their rural winding roads, where a stray kid or calf could be around any curve. I rode with them and it scared me. First, he had it in gear and moving before I had the passenger door even closed, changes gears from reverse to drive before it's stopped, changed lanes in an intersection...and very eager to grab the mike for the CB radio, which is not hardly within his short reach. He's heard what a good driver he is from his grandparents so many times, he probably thinks he's bulletproof. Recipe for disaster. So many teenagers lose their lives on the road and a good many were preventable..like the 5 beautiful girls and the text messaging, what a tragedy. We can only hope when it happens close to home that our kids take heed and learn from the loss. Parent's aren't supposed to need to bury their children.
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
1277 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2007 : 11:14:12 AM
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My heart aches for those parents. Definitely, they have my prayers. I may not know their names, but God will know EXACTLY who I'm talking about.
from the hearts of paradise... |
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mkmomus
True Blue Farmgirl
248 Posts
Merle
Greensboro
NC
248 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2007 : 11:44:26 AM
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I will pray for all the family and friends.
Merle |
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Aunt George
True Blue Farmgirl
1476 Posts
Georgann
Midlothian
VA
1476 Posts |
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
1433 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2007 : 11:46:01 PM
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Am sending prayers for comfort.
Hugz,
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
1083 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2007 : 10:10:46 AM
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So sad. My oldest is 15 1/2 and nagging about when he gets his license. He is so immature. I think I will make him wait until 40! If only I could. It really does scare me. At least in Washington State they can't take other teens with them in the car for the first 6 monthes they are driving. I will keep these families in my prayers. Their lives will never be the same.
Hugs & blessings,
Brenda
Past Blessings . . . Celebrating Life as it used to be . . . when people loved God, loved their families and loved their country. |
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