ANOTHER friend loses son tonight..... I'm heartbroken AGAIN!

My day WAS going pretty good after a pretty crappy morning, but then I got a message about an hour ago that ruined it totally. ANOTHER friend of mine, well he and his wife, lost their son in a car accident tonight, around 6 PM. He was driving down the road and hit a tractor trailer, it ripped the top off of his jeep (he had a soft top), and he went right under the truck!

I didn't ask for any details, but I cannot even begin to imagine what the scene looked like.

This is so VERY sad and heart breaking. This is the second time THIS MONTH that a friend of mine lost a child!

It is making me paranoid about MY own son! I mean he's a very responsible young man, doesn't drink or do drugs, works hard, etc... but you just never know, and now my anxiety is working in overdrive again.

So far FOUR of my friends (one is actually my brother in law) have all lost A SON! 3 to an accident, and 1 to a drug overdose!

The hardest one for me to handle was my brother in law's son, my nephew, he was only 9 years old! This happened 14 years ago, but still haunts me to this day, because not long before he passed away he stayed at my house for two weeks and didn't want to go home!

It's so hard to understand why so many young lives are taken, but if it's in God's plan, there's nothing we can do about it.

This is just TOO MUCH! I really have no words....

I am praying for each and every one of them. I could never imagine the pain they are feeling.

Please, please, please, appreciate and cherish your loved ones, you never know when God is going to need them!

Wishing you all peace of mind, and NO anxiety or panic attacks!

((hugs)) Fox

Fox

So sorry to hear all this bad news is accumulating...thanks for the encouraging words about loving our family and holding them dear.

Call your son and tell you love him, talk to him about how you feel and what happened. It might make you feel better to reach out and connect with him!

Joshua

Fox,

Please know that you and your friend's family are in our prayers. I am very sorry to hear this tragic news.

Comforting hugs,

S.C.

Fox,

So sorry to hear about this.

I have horrible feelings about early/accidental death due to losing some friends and relatives too soon. It's a horrible feeling and while I try to enjoy every minute of life, I am always constantly reminding myself of why I need to enjoy all my loved ones, which leads to anxiety about death again...ugh....it's a never ending cycle with me.

Again, I am so sorry!

Fox,

I know from experience what your friend is going through as  our very sweet, very loved and talented son, Todd, died  at only 21 years old in August 1990. Child condolences are something we should never have to think about. Sadly it happens and we tend to keep a closer eye on our children each time we hear  news of another tragedy.

I know there is no pain more far-reaching and deeper than losing a child. My two sisters each lost a child  before our son died so I thought I was immune, now I never let my guard down as nobody is safe from the loss of a loved one, be it a child, spouse or parent.

Allow your friend to experience all the hurt, sorrow and pain that he  is feeling  right now.  Enter into your friend's feelings and recognize that tears are a natural and appropriate expression of the pain associated with the death. Cry with him  and continue to be the best friend you have always been.

 

Gentle love to you Fox, my friend.

 

Kitt