What a terrible story out of Bathurst, N.B. How do you even start to wrap your mind around something so tragic? 7 teenaged boys dead along with the coach's wife -- why? As Ray put it bluntly today, terrible things happen and it's true. It doesn't stop you from thinking about why they happen. I feel horrible for the coach, the man driving the van. His wife (Rick's cousin) is dead along with his players. A horrible, horrible accident for everyone involved and the town itself. As Rick says, you can't lock yourself in your house, it's irrational to think you can always protect yourself from harm. Again, it doesn't take away the sadness and the question about why fate strikes certain people and strikes them so hard.
Man, it's so sad I hardly feel like writing anything more today. Now it's starting to snow - this day gets better and better! What's even sadder about the N.B. story is looking at the pictures of the kids, smiling, with their entires lives ahead of them. They were good kids, it seems. With all the youth crime problems in Halifax, talking about teens beating women with table legs and playing golf with cats, it's even sadder to realize 7 good kids were taken away from us. 7 kids who could have made a difference, who were on the right track in life.
As Rick said, fate can deal you a dirty hand. Why can't it just go to people who deserve it?
That's all from me today...drive carefully, okay?
Amber
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