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Post by chowdownsilkiefarm on May 21, 2013 18:51:11 GMT -6
Gavins Coach just lost his wife and youngest son in an accident. His wife had heart surgery last month and was driving down the road we live on and had a heart attack with both her sons in the car. She wrecked and was killed along with the younger son (9 yrs old). The son that is on Gavins baseball team survived (12 yrs old) with minor injuries. The surviving son played on the same team that his dad is the coach of.
It's a horrible tragedy when anybody dies but a child is the worst. I'm asking if those that pray to keep them in your prayers for strength to carry this heavy burden. The two boys where very close and the surviving boy will carry this memory all his life.
We just got home from the visitation and the surrounding teams have something arranged tomorrow after the funeral as a memorial. Every team member will be in their uniforms for it.
Just a reminder to make sure your kids are under their seat belts and don't put the strap behind their back instead acrost their chest. The 9 year old was thrown thru the windshield because he wasn't properly under his seat belt and was sitting in the middle of the back seat. The older boy was in the front seat, properly belted and the air bag kept him in the car.
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Post by Greathouse on May 21, 2013 23:37:07 GMT -6
Oh that is just awful! My heart goes out to him and his family.
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Post by chowdownsilkiefarm on May 22, 2013 9:09:42 GMT -6
When we first heard of who was in the accident we heard it was both boys and the mother and it was heartbreaking to hear the man lost his whole family. Although it's no better that one child survived and he sill lost the youngest and his wife at least he still has one child. It's always horrible to hear of a childs death. Everytime there are incidences at the schools where children are killed or any other incident that involves children it just makes my heart sick. I've never gone to a childs funeral. I just can't stand the idea that they didn't get a chance to live and the family they left behind. But lat night seeing Coach and his son standing between two caskets, I couldn't see how he and his son was holding up. He's a strong man and his son will always remember seeing his mom and brother in that accident.
This road I live on is always having ambulances and rescue trucks on it. We hear sirens alot and most of the time it's car accidents because the road is so winding. Just about a mile or less from us there was an accident where all 3 people in a car died and where left laying on the road till the guy that pronounces them dead arrived. Of course they had to investigate it to determine whos fault it was. It was the driver of the car where they all died. He pulled out in front of somebody else. The road they pulled out of is basically a blind spot and anybody coming out of that road is taking a chance. There is a hill on one side and a curve on the other. We live between 2 hills but they are just far enough apart that it's not dangerous. It always worries me when Gavin goes across the street to play with his friend. Well, I guess i'm rambling now.
There was one accident closer to Troy where somebody ended up in a tree, Their car did with them in it. Nobody was seriously hurt but it was a very odd accident. A man lost control of his truck and trailer that had a horse in it and ended up in a ditch just a few months ago and a city worker didn't tie down a piece of heavy equiptment and turned over on a curve when the equipment shifted and roled off the trailer. It turned truck and trailer both over with it. The driver wasn't hurt but he ruined a brand new, well I don't remember what the big equiptment was, but it was one of those that you dig with. I'm surprised he didn't loose his job over it. He's lucky he didn't loose his life. There have been so many accidents in thata curve. It's just before Ford Construction Gravel Pit and big dump trucks are always pulling out of and turning into it and they have nearly caused alot of accidents there. We lives just across from it about 15 years ago and their trucks sent many cars to the edge of the road and they ran over one of our dogs. We've lost several dogs to this road also. We keep the big dog in a pen and the little dog on a leash when she goes outside and I put the leash over a stump so she can't roam around very far.
I'm so rambling now. Today is the funeral and I can't stop thinking about the family left behind. Today is the last day of school here and they go 1/2 a day and the funeral is at 1pm. I don't know if Gavin wants to go but if he does i'll take him.
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Post by Greathouse on May 22, 2013 9:48:08 GMT -6
If rambling away helps you cope with your grief, then ramble away sister. I don't think anyone here will mind listening.
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Post by chowdownsilkiefarm on May 22, 2013 20:20:26 GMT -6
All the baseball and softball teams got together today for a memorial to Alex. The little boy that died. He played baseball. It was a huge turnout. The coach and his son and their family and the team that Alex was on stood on the pitchers mound while each team gave their respects one child and coach at a time by teams. They gave them gifts, flowers, balloons and the coachs team all signed a baseball bat and gave that to the coach and his son. The little league permanantly retired the #9 which was Alex's number and they presented his father (the coach) with a jersey with his name and number on the back and on the front it had All Star. The girls softball team had balloons with heartfelt words written on them and as they approached the coach and his son they let the balloons free to float away. Baseball season also ended for this year here.
When the teams all finished with presenting the coach and his son with the gifts and hugs, Alex's teachers all came up to do the same then the boys friends all did the same. I just can't imagine loosing my daughter or grandsons. And Dustin has to live with the memory of the accident. Coach has to live with loosing his youngest son and wife. I think it would be hard enough loosing a spouse but we aren't suppose to out-live our kids.
Ok, i'm done rambling this time. Thanks for listening.
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