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Post by D-Vader on Jan 31, 2006 9:11:39 GMT -5
I was watching the news last night when I heard her name. Tawny Martin.
She was in my precalculus class last semester, and she was in my philosophy class this semester. She was 19. She was intelligent, friendly, energetic, pretty, and young. I only knew her as a fellow classmate, but I can't help but to be sad this morning, knowing that someone who had so much potential, so much waiting for her, so much life inside her, is gone. I only knew her in passing, but she had impressed me with her zest for life.
She was in a head-on collision on I-35 late Saturday night (or early Sunday morning) when another teenager was driving the wrong way. Both kids were killed.
Tawny, we hardly knew ye.
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Post by DarthMaximus on Jan 31, 2006 11:11:12 GMT -5
I heard about that accident also. It is kinda weird when you know that person and realize they are gone forever.
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Post by Amidala Starkiller on Jan 31, 2006 12:31:12 GMT -5
Poor kid.
Strange I didn't hear about it at work though.
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Post by D-Vader on Jan 31, 2006 23:39:59 GMT -5
Our professor today took a few minutes to speak about Tawny. He spoke eloquently and professionally. He put up a memorial outside the class. I got choked up. It's never easy to cope with death, but it's even worse when it's just a child. She was 19, and some would call that being an adult, but in my eyes, she was only a kid, bright eyed and making the adjustment to adulthood.
When my uncles passed away, I was sad. When my grandfather passed away, I was sad. All three of them gave me something in my life that I will forever carry on, and I hope to pass that on to my children. But I don't feel upset that they passed away, because they lived good lives. My grandfather had just turned 83, and he had 2 daughters, 6 grandkids, and 6 great grandkids. My uncles were both fairly young, in their 40s.
Tawny had her whole life ahead of her, but it was ripped away... My thoughts and prayers go out to her family, because I can only begin to imagine the grief they are going through. I know it won't be the last time a child's life is ended prematurely, but I hope that it's the last time I have to experience it.
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Post by Amidala Starkiller on Feb 2, 2006 18:01:19 GMT -5
We have a family friend who lost his son in a car accident. I was young and I still remember how lost he looked. It was the first time I ever saw anyone who was truly inconsolable. I can’t imagine the pain he was in or how to help. Even after mom’s health problems for the last two years I’m still not used to the fact that I won’t have mom much longer. I doubt I ever will be used to the idea of not having her with me.
I guess you just have to keep the people you love close to you because none of us know what could happen tomorrow.
I hope the best for those she left behind.
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Post by D-Vader on Feb 3, 2006 12:46:11 GMT -5
Funeral's at 2p today in Moody. I will be attending.
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Post by ObiWanFTW on Feb 3, 2006 18:34:37 GMT -5
to die in a traffic accident is a complete waste of life,some people get a driver liscense that have no buisness driving at all.Way too many people die in automobile accidents and I mean way too many,the other kid was obviously drunk.
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