...That she will outlive her child.
We talk about it. We fear it. Sometimes we have nightmares.
And then it happens. In an instant, the child you brought into this world is gone. Gone! And no begging, pleading or praying can bring them back.
It didn't happen to me. Thank God! But it could have......
It happened to a friend of mine. A friend who is a kind loving person to everyone that knows her. Three days before Thanksgiving her son was shot down as he rode his bike to work. He had children. He worked in the medical profession. He helped others. It made no sense.
This type of senseless murder has happened in my own family to a cousin. It has happened to a high school friend shortly after graduation who was working at a service station. And each time there was a Mother who has lost her child and who will never look at life the same way as she did the moment before she was notified.
This Thanksgiving I will say an extra prayer for those who have lost their children to violence and be extra thankful for my children and granchildren. I hope you will do the same.
