All, my ability to attend Prom tonight is in serious question. We found out today that one of the kids that BF coached (hockey) was killed early this morning in a one-car accident. Rod was 17 years old.

I'm not taking this well. He was one of my favorites.

Oh, my sympathies to you and his family! That's so sad.

Maria, I'm so sorry to hear that!

Also, I'm at the air and space museum right now, it's amazing. I seem to have lost the rest of the group that came here though.

Maria -- I'm so sorry to hear about that poor boy.

Oh, Maria, I'm so sorry to hear that. Our best to you and BF.

t /selfishly glad we got the chance to meet you last night before this tragedy struck

ETA: Whoops, that was brenda, not Kate. Off to log in.

{{Maria}} much symapthy.

I am so glad there are early picture. The one SA linked to had me thinking sooo pretty.

DH was qute found of Ms. Booth outfit- he thinks the hose made it.

I just look at Steph and sigh...

Lee is showing her belly.

But really the pictures in the first group where everyone is sitting around a table at Anne's with thier laptops - priceless.

Really Kate here.

Maria, I'm so sorry to hear of this sadness. Best thoughts to all involved.

Thank you everybody. Ironically, it happened around the same time I was driving home from the hotel. IIRC, I was passing the exact area and vaguely remember hearing sirens. I just talked to his parents, and as much as I hurt, they are completely torn apart.

I hate this. I. hate. this. Why do teenagers think they are indestructible? He was tempting fate from the start: driving after midnight on a restricted license, left the house without his parent's knowledge, and speeding on wet roads. Now a lot of people are grieving because consequences are the last thing a 17 year-old thinks of. I'm angry, not because of what he did, but because we'll never get to see the kind of person he'd become. Even with this sense of invincibility, he was a good kid who was going to turn out just fine.

Bleh, I know this doesn't make any sense, but I'm all over the place right now. Thanks for listening.

{{{Maria}}} peace and strength to you, the BF and the family. I'm so sorry.

{{{Maria}}} I'm so sorry, for both you, him, and everyone he was connected to.

God, I was just on the phone with my seventeen-year-old brother, talking about his future and what he wanted to do with his life. I don't even want to imagine having his life cut short like that.

{{{Maria}}}