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HI, USA
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Posted: 11/3/2016 5:17:54 AM EDT
[#1]
I know your pain and am very sorry. Its a long road ahead, stay strong for your wife and other children and when the time is right its ok to break down yourself. just remember to pick yourself back up
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Posted: 11/3/2016 5:45:32 AM EDT
[#2]
Dear God...I am so sorry. Needless and tragic. My prayers to you and your whole family.
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SC, USA
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Posted: 11/3/2016 5:58:19 AM EDT
[#3]
so sorry OP, prayers to you and your family.
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Posted: 11/3/2016 6:25:42 AM EDT
[#4]
I'm sorry for your loss. Prayers sent.
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Posted: 11/3/2016 6:27:04 AM EDT
[#5]
Peace & strength to you and your family. I have a 17 year old son and can't imagine what you are going through.
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Posted: 11/3/2016 7:10:37 AM EDT
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So sorry for your loss. Prayers sent for you and your family.
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Posted: 11/3/2016 7:13:56 AM EDT
[#7]
The hardest thing I ever did was watching my parents suffer through the loss of my sister.
Stay strong.
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Posted: 11/3/2016 7:39:11 AM EDT
[#8]
OP, I'm so sad and sorry for you and your family. I will pray for you all of you.
We nearly lost our son earlier this year in a similar crash. |
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Posted: 11/3/2016 8:04:00 AM EDT
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Sorry Brother, i have no words
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TX, USA
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Posted: 11/3/2016 10:08:48 AM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PFunkk:
I can't comprehend what you must be feeling. Your son was lauded by the press. He was obviously a good person, a product of good parenting. You did well. You did everything you could. You raised a good person; the fact his life was short doesn't affect who he was. Know that you succeeded in raising him. God this got me.. Beautifully stated. |
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Posted: 11/3/2016 10:09:50 AM EDT
[#11]
Oh my God........I am so sorry!!!
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Posted: 11/3/2016 10:11:53 AM EDT
[#12]
I'm so sorry for your loss.
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Posted: 11/3/2016 10:12:33 AM EDT
[#13]
I am very sincerely sorry for your loss. I hope you find your peace soon.
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Posted: 11/3/2016 10:17:57 AM EDT
[#14]
So, so sorry, friend. Hug your other kids and wife tight.
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Posted: 11/3/2016 10:22:21 AM EDT
[#15]
Prayers and condolences for you, family and friends
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UT, USA
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Posted: 11/3/2016 10:32:51 AM EDT
[#16]
Sorry OP I know how you feel. Today is the 15th aniv. of losing my son. I will be honest it gets worse before it gets better. But somewhere down the road ( 10 or so years ) it starts to get a little better.
Good luck. |
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Posted: 11/3/2016 10:36:18 AM EDT
[#17]
You are still a father of four, brother. One is merely in another life at this moment. I'm sorry for your loss.
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OH, USA
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Posted: 11/3/2016 12:33:48 PM EDT
[#18]
Very Sorry to hear OP.
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Posted: 11/3/2016 1:40:53 PM EDT
[#19]
My heart goes out to you. Let yourself grieve.
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Posted: 11/3/2016 1:44:51 PM EDT
[#20]
Stay strong, sq40. Lean on your remaining kids and let them lean on you.
Lost one of my brothers in 98 under similar circumstances. The other kids need you bad. |
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Posted: 11/3/2016 7:30:43 PM EDT
[#21]
I am so sorry.
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Posted: 11/4/2016 9:04:49 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/4/2016 9:09:09 AM EDT
[#23]
That sucks OP, I'm sorry.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 11/4/2016 9:12:04 AM EDT
[#24]
sq40, I'm so sorry to hear this. Our family experienced a terrible loss with the death of a close family member way too soon. The pain will never subside but you will learn to deal with it and be able to remember all the good times you shared with your son.
Be strong for your family but do not hesitate to seek help if you feel overwhelmed. Do not just bottle it up inside. Talk to someone. Prayers for your family. |
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USA
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Posted: 11/4/2016 9:13:02 AM EDT
[#25]
No parent should ever have to bury their children. It's just wrong. It's not natural. They bury us, not us them.
I am terribly sorry for your loss. Your son looked like a great kid. Please take comfort in knowing that you did right by him for the 17 years he was given to you and that he loved you very much.
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Posted: 11/4/2016 9:19:05 AM EDT
[#26]
Wow man, that's terrible.
There really aren't any words to help, however the fact that you posted will hopefully help you out. And maybe some others around here will be helped out when they show it to their kids. |
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Posted: 11/4/2016 9:24:47 AM EDT
[#27]
My oldest just started driving. That is also one of my worst fears.
Prayers for you my friend |
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KY, USA
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Posted: 11/4/2016 9:31:06 AM EDT
[#28]
I can lose everything and everyone EXCEPT ANY of my kids. My condolences.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 11/4/2016 9:43:10 AM EDT
[#29]
Originally Posted By sq40:
He was just 17. My oldest son. He was driving too fast on a back country road, and maybe texting. He lost control and jumped a ditch, roof first into a tree. And that was it. I'm now just a father of three, not four. I'm so sad. I never wanted to make a post like this, just had to get this off my chest a little. ETA: news has the story. http://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/article111997372.html Op, I saw this post the other day.....but I couldn't open it. I have 2 sons (9 and 13). Reading your thread brings years to my eyes. I can not imagine what you are going through. I will be praying for you and your family. Stay strong brother! |
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Posted: 11/4/2016 10:51:51 AM EDT
[#30]
I'm sorry to hear of your loss, my sincere condolences from my house to yours. I pray the good Lord helps y'all in your time of need. 
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VA, USA
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Posted: 11/4/2016 11:35:52 AM EDT
[#31]
Sooty for your and your family's loss. Prayers will be said for you and yours.
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SC, USA
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Posted: 11/4/2016 11:39:42 AM EDT
[#32]
Op my son just turned 17 a couple of days ago, my heart goes out to you in this moment of loss. I will hope for your bravery and the ability to provide a pillar of support to your wife and your other children.
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Posted: 11/4/2016 11:40:15 AM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Drugmanrx:
Prayers for you and your family |
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Posted: 11/4/2016 12:29:59 PM EDT
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Receive in tranquility and peace, O Lord, the souls of your servants who have departed this present life to come to you. Grant them rest and place them in the habitations of light, the abodes of blessed spirits. Give them the life that will not age, good things that will not pass away, delights that have no end, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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USA
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Posted: 11/4/2016 12:40:36 PM EDT
[#35]
So sorry for your loss OP. Prayers
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USA
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Posted: 11/4/2016 12:45:10 PM EDT
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MS, USA
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Posted: 11/5/2016 12:38:02 AM EDT
[#37]
As a father who has been there, (my son died 10 years ago at the age of 14 years due to a medical condition), there are the ones who love you, wife, children, family and close friends who are really going thru hell now too. The biggest problem is that they don't know how to help.There doesn't go a day that you think about your son, I still think of mine. Talk to your wife, I mean really talk. If you don't it could tear your marriage apart (it darn near did mine in). Your other children are really hurting now too. I know it is not possible, but love them more now. It sounds like you did a great job of raising your son, to be a man.
I am sorry for your lose. |
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Posted: 11/5/2016 12:48:21 AM EDT
[#38]
I am so sorry for your loss. I can't imagine that.
Prayers sent for you and your family.
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Posted: 11/5/2016 12:53:33 AM EDT
[#39]
I am so sorry, and can't even imagine.
My oldest will be 17 in January, and this is one of my biggest fears. |
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Posted: 11/5/2016 5:39:53 PM EDT
[#40]
I'm sorry for your loss.
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Posted: 11/5/2016 5:48:40 PM EDT
[#41]
So sorry
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Posted: 11/5/2016 5:48:55 PM EDT
[#42]
I don't have the words man. RIP
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Posted: 11/5/2016 6:26:02 PM EDT
[#43]
How are you, sq?
Just because we're (mostly) all strangers, doesn't mean we don't care. I hope you and your family are weathering the storm. One day at a time... the worst will pass, or at least some of the rough edges will wear down with time. |
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Posted: 11/5/2016 6:31:54 PM EDT
[#44]
I can't imagine. Best wishes, OP. Stay strong.
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Posted: 11/5/2016 8:19:21 PM EDT
[#45]
Topic Moved
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Posted: 11/5/2016 9:27:45 PM EDT
[#46]
One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord.
Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky. In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there was one only. This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat, I could see only one set of footprints, so I said to the Lord, “You promised me Lord, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life there has only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me?” The Lord replied, “The years when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you.” |
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