We talk all the time about life-changing moments. How this or that changed our lives. I think that honestly, there are very few moments that truly, literally change your life--those moments that you can really point to and say that your life was wholly different before those seconds than it ever was again after.
9 years ago on this day, one of those moments--one phone call--changed mine. 9 years ago tomorrow, the same nightmare happened again. Two days. Two phone calls. Two car accidents. Two friends. Gone forever.
I could tell you exactly where I was when those calls happened. I can still remember the ringtone on my phone, and walking in circles on campus not knowing where to go, and College Roomie slamming her bedroom door after I answered her question, "Is it true?" I remember someone cancelling my birthday party and Captain Don coming over to just sit on the couch in silence and NM Animal House Boy cooking dinner. And then, later that week, I remember saying goodbye. The caskets and tears and music.
But mostly, I remember my friends. Boys who were funny and kind and handsome and sweet and pulled great jokes and made me smile. They made my life better. And losing them broke my heart. The world is not the same without them in it. My life is not the same without them in it. And today in addition to the pain, I feel gratitude for the effect they had on me and on so many others.
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Extra prayers for you and all who knew these young men. I'll be thinking of you on these hard days, and they are hard I know.
Sorry friend, these days are never easy to remember. Hoping you all find peace today.
I checked my email on the way home from class and my mom had emailed me about the second one. All I could think as I walked home is that there had to be some kind of mistake - that it couldn't happen two days in a row. And then you were sitting on Snuggles crying. And it was true. :(
Prayers and hugs.
-College Roomie
oh tiffany. i'm going to pray tonight that the Lord gives you peace and strength over these next two days. i lost a very close friend about five years ago and like you, i remember every single detail of that morning. what kills me is that i can't remember every single detail of our last time together. it's all just a blur of moments and memory, no matter how hard i try. this was a beautiful post:)
We lost our 2 best friends that day and through the grace of God one was saved. I still remember the jokes and their laughs. We even heard the pager going off that morning never thinking that our friends would be the ones at that spot at that time of the morning. We are thankful for our friendship and so glad that their wife and mother lived to have the wonderful life she has today. Blessing to you today.
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