Less than a year ago I posted a letter of sympathy to a
family in my hometown because their son had been killed unexpectedly in a car
accident. I didn’t really know that boy
personally but he graduated high school two years ahead of me and his father
owns a local drive-thru restaurant that is well known. My heart ached and my prayers went out to
these people that I had only seen in passing because the thought of the same
thing happening to me or my family was just unthinkable. But, as everything does, it very quickly became
a memory and everything was normal again in my thoughts. Very unexpectedly and devastatingly this has
happened again, and so, this post is another heartfelt letter to a family that
is grieving unimaginably right now for a loved one that has been called home to
be with our Lord a little earlier than us down here on Earth would’ve
liked.
As painful as this is for me to write, I feel an even
bigger need to express my heart broken
condolences because the young man who has passed is the youngest son of my
parent’s best friends and my father’s right hand man on the pipeline job they’ve
been on for the past two months. This
past Saturday, in the early hours of the morning, he was killed in a tragic car
accident in Pennsylvania. My weekend and
so far, week, has been in an upheaval ever since we all heard this news Saturday
morning. My mother immediately drove
home from Oklahoma, and my father drove home on Sunday after taking care of the
business that he could, so that they could both offer all their support to this
young man’s parents. It’s not like it’s
our family but it’s the next closest thing.
My father has brought the personal things that he had home with him to give to the parents of this young man
and we are planning a funeral for tomorrow morning. This is going to be very hard to overcome. Especially when life must go on and everyone
will have to go back to where they need to be and continue whatever they are
obligated to… work….children…or life in general. For me that is always the hardest thing to do
because it doesn’t seem right without this person being there to go back to
normal with. It just doesn’t seem
fair.
As far as my immediate family is concerned, this is one of
the closest incidents to us where we have experienced a devastating loss. We are so truly blessed in this aspect, but when
faced with having to witness this level of grieving among people that we love
and treasure, the stress and heartbroken pain is just almost unbearable. Our thoughts and prayers for strength and guidance
are with this entire family.
To BKG: Your presence here on Earth is going to be so
greatly missed that we may never fully recover.
A part of our hearts will always feel a void where you were in our
lives. Why this happened we do not know,
but as you sit at the feet of Jesus Christ and spend all of eternity singing and rejoicing in
the holiness of our maker, our Heavenly Father, our Savior, we will be missing
you,… but only with an anxious awaiting because one day soon we will again see
your beautiful face and join you with the Angels in exquisite reverence of our
Lord for all the rest of our days. Until
then, we will honor your life and the memories you left behind in our
hearts.
I shared this on FB I hope you don't mind, I think it would be special for Teresa
ReplyDeleteLove, Chels