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I hope no one thinks that everytime I write on here it is more bad news, but I feel like that is what it is becoming. Only because I get ready to start writing and then I get the "phone-call." My mom and I talked this morning and in case anyone didn't know my dad is one of the managers at the Budd Company in North Baltimore. Apparently he got a phone call either late last night or in the wee hours of the morning. One of the engineers must have come home early from his vacation and went to check out the presses. He didn't turn the safety on for the press he was under and it came down on him and killed him. My mom said that she kept waking up and hearing my dad sighing (he only does that when he cries) When she told me I couldn't help it, I cried too. I didn't even know the man, but I quess I feel like that doesn't matter. Life is so precious, fragile, and fleeting. It is there one minute and literally in seconds it is gone. I am not sure exactly why it made me cry. I cried for his family, his wife and kids who lost someone so important to them, his friends, his co-workers, my dad, and for most of all him. That he won't see his grandchildren grow and get married and have kids of their own, that maybe he even missed out on seeing those things with his own children. People around the world pity themselves and they think that what they have is so bad, but when you look at someone who dies prematurely you realize how good you really have it and a part of you is relieved that it wasn't someone you loved and were close to. The older I get the more I appreciate my life and family because I can look around now and see the suffering that so many others have had to endure...


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On a lighter note. (Because I know that I have depressed you guys way too much lately) Other than the news from this morning things have been going really well. I can say that the past couple of weeks I have felt myself drawing nearer to God and just as he has promised if you draw close to him he will draw close to you. I love him so much and having the "knowing" and "inner-peace" that he gives has definately made my load lighter to carry.(I only use the quotation marks because I know that the words are inadequate to describe the meaning of what I really want to say.) Thank all of you guys for your prayers. Life can sometimes get bumpy, but it is an easier road to ride when you have family and friends like I do to pray you through it all. Please pray for my dad's co-workers' family and friends, and for my friend Wendy's family (she asked me to pray and I figured you guys wouldn't mind sending up a line or two also.)