Thursday, May 12, 2005
Mixed Feelings
Our school is doing an "Every 15 Minutes" program on Monday and Tuesday. Statistics show that someone is killed every 15 minutes in a car accident due to drinking. There will be a mock accident with injuries, deaths, life flights, funerals, obituaries the whole thing, it is supposed to be very realistic. Bre is a sophmore and had no desire to participate, nor do I, She thinks that she will be just fine dealing with the "mock" stuff. We were hit by a drunk driver this winter, she was with us, we were all fine but she was very upset by it and my niece was killed in an auto accident 3 years ago, no drinking involved, it was driver inexperience and excessive speed. We were all very close to her, including Bre, we lived through life flight, the ER, planning the funeral, writing the obit, watching her mother, father and sisters go through hell. I am really worried that going through this at school will trigger something in Bre, she seems to be dealing with her losses well but you never know what will bring on the pain. I don't think that I could go through it even knowing that it's not real....Maybe she is stronger then I am. I believe that it is very important for kids to know the seriouseness of driving drunk...of taking responsibility for their actions...of dealing with there mortality, but it still scares the shit out of me.
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