RD Memory number 1
And now a trip down memory lane.
As I stated earlier, this year marks several things: the 20th anniversary of my high school graduation, the 40th wedding anniversary of my parents, and the 30th anniversary of my beginning of my two-plus year stay in Germany.
Today it will be of the high school variety.
Almost twenty years ago, I nearly lost a dear friend of mine following an automobile accident in Henderson. It happened on my 18th birthday too, January 17, 1985. My friend, Shawn, was heading to Las Vegas to visit her cousin, who was also celebrating a birthday. While traveling on Boulder Highway, she was cut off by another driver who ran a stop sign, and Shawn lost control of her car and ended up on the center median. She had to be airlifted to a local hospital, and as a result, she suffered back and abdominal injuries, and was out of action for a good six months, if not longer. I had no idea what happened until a few months later; nobody told me about the accident, and I drove by it when I was driving up to Basic High School to see a basketball game there. Well, thankfully, she is alive and doing well today in Utah, with her husband Alan and four children. I became a close friend of her family for many years until I moved to Los Angeles, and I still have contact with Shawn's family from time to time.
This my friends is a true example of what I am about to say: never take ANYTHING for granted...not even life. Be good to yourself and others.
Have a safe week everybody.
As I stated earlier, this year marks several things: the 20th anniversary of my high school graduation, the 40th wedding anniversary of my parents, and the 30th anniversary of my beginning of my two-plus year stay in Germany.
Today it will be of the high school variety.
Almost twenty years ago, I nearly lost a dear friend of mine following an automobile accident in Henderson. It happened on my 18th birthday too, January 17, 1985. My friend, Shawn, was heading to Las Vegas to visit her cousin, who was also celebrating a birthday. While traveling on Boulder Highway, she was cut off by another driver who ran a stop sign, and Shawn lost control of her car and ended up on the center median. She had to be airlifted to a local hospital, and as a result, she suffered back and abdominal injuries, and was out of action for a good six months, if not longer. I had no idea what happened until a few months later; nobody told me about the accident, and I drove by it when I was driving up to Basic High School to see a basketball game there. Well, thankfully, she is alive and doing well today in Utah, with her husband Alan and four children. I became a close friend of her family for many years until I moved to Los Angeles, and I still have contact with Shawn's family from time to time.
This my friends is a true example of what I am about to say: never take ANYTHING for granted...not even life. Be good to yourself and others.
Have a safe week everybody.
posted by Robert @ 7:30 PM
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