oh, man
i was fighting with the snooze button on my alarm clock this morning when the phone rang.
it was my boyfriend, ken. he hardly ever calls in the morning, since he is at work before i wake up.
"why was he calling?" i wondered.

i found out soon enough.
one of his co-workers was killed last night in a horrible car accident. he sounded really upset and i bet he was not the only one. many of his co-workers must be really broken up about this.
all prayers for the family, boyfriend and friends of the girl killed and for the Information Systems dept. at American Greetings in osceola would be appreicated.

i don't know her exact age, but it was too young to die. it's a shock, really, when you hear of someone who died. while i never met her, ken would relate tales of her pratical joke playing at work, so i feel like i knew her in a way. AG be a quieter place without her. 8^(

it makes you think when someone that young, who is or could be your age, dies like that. it could've been you or me in that crash. who knows.?

i didn't realize until after i got back to work from my lunch that the glass and debris i saw on the road was from her crash. *shivers* it's just not right. i tell myself that it should've been anyone else but her, but a voice says, "and who, then, should it be?" i have no right or place to wish her fate on anyone, not even the worst of people, but still i say, it should not have been her, especially when i think of her family and friends who will miss her.

it different from the deaths of my grandparents, those i expected when they started getting sick and their health declining. you could see it in their eyes, at least in papa's, when they had given up on life. it was like a release for them when the end came and we were grateful that their suffering was over. but it's always a shock when it's someone whose life was still being played out.

God, be merciful and lend her grace.