it is absolutely unbelievable how tragedy can put your life into perspective in a split second.
i'm aware that this blog has almost become a living pity party...that's one of the reasons i made it... i needed somewhere to vent while i go through a couple of really difficult stages of life... but none of that really seems to matter in light of what has happened today.
first thing this morning, my supervisor, (Jesse)'s wife was jogging here in town (he lives less than a mile from work). he was texting her about some things and she was texting back. soon after, a state trooper had our road coned off and was sitting there with his lights flashing for quite some time... so my supervisor and manager walked up to see what was going on. jesse's wife's running shoe was lying by pits and pieces left from a car. she had already been taken to the hospital...but she was already gone....
as far as i know, the story i've gotten is that she was running on the left side of the road as you are supposed to, and a car came up behind her going the same direction...so they should have been on the other side of the road from her, but somehow they must have crossed center and hit her, killing her instantly. texting, distracted, i don't know...but you can't make up a story much more horrifying than that. i know it will be in the paper tomorrow...
one second, jesse is texting her, the next second, she is gone. forever. the whole place is reeling here today. i'm so glad i'm leaving an hour early to get some house stuff done...it's been a struggle to get anything accomplished today.
my heart is breaking for jesse and his family. jesse and tracey were high school sweethearts...got pregnant around 16 or 17 and got married soon after...theyare 40, 41, something like that.and such great people, both of them. i can't imagine him losing her.
but all of a sudden, the petty bullshit that stresses us out from day to day just doesn't seem to matter. all that matters is our family, our friends, the people we hold dear. all i wanted to do was rush to my jesse's work and just hold him.
i refuse to take life for granted. i refuse to take my loved ones for granted. i refuse to get caught up in the small stresses and make them bigger than they are. i refuse to let those small stresses drag me down.
and i refuse...refuse to drive distracted from here on out.
i'm aware that this blog has almost become a living pity party...that's one of the reasons i made it... i needed somewhere to vent while i go through a couple of really difficult stages of life... but none of that really seems to matter in light of what has happened today.
first thing this morning, my supervisor, (Jesse)'s wife was jogging here in town (he lives less than a mile from work). he was texting her about some things and she was texting back. soon after, a state trooper had our road coned off and was sitting there with his lights flashing for quite some time... so my supervisor and manager walked up to see what was going on. jesse's wife's running shoe was lying by pits and pieces left from a car. she had already been taken to the hospital...but she was already gone....
as far as i know, the story i've gotten is that she was running on the left side of the road as you are supposed to, and a car came up behind her going the same direction...so they should have been on the other side of the road from her, but somehow they must have crossed center and hit her, killing her instantly. texting, distracted, i don't know...but you can't make up a story much more horrifying than that. i know it will be in the paper tomorrow...
one second, jesse is texting her, the next second, she is gone. forever. the whole place is reeling here today. i'm so glad i'm leaving an hour early to get some house stuff done...it's been a struggle to get anything accomplished today.
my heart is breaking for jesse and his family. jesse and tracey were high school sweethearts...got pregnant around 16 or 17 and got married soon after...theyare 40, 41, something like that.and such great people, both of them. i can't imagine him losing her.
but all of a sudden, the petty bullshit that stresses us out from day to day just doesn't seem to matter. all that matters is our family, our friends, the people we hold dear. all i wanted to do was rush to my jesse's work and just hold him.
i refuse to take life for granted. i refuse to take my loved ones for granted. i refuse to get caught up in the small stresses and make them bigger than they are. i refuse to let those small stresses drag me down.
and i refuse...refuse to drive distracted from here on out.