Nothing sweet about sorrow...
Is it just me or does everyone feel terribly sad about the young kids who will be laid to rest on the Sunshine Coast today?
Hundreds of people are expected to turn out for the funerals of 19 year old JD Doyle at Buderim and 15 year old Nakitta Deacon at Nambour.
The two teenagers died in a terrible car accident at Mountain Creek last Saturday morning.
18 year old Travis Guerin also died in the crash…15 year old Brooke Pratt remains in a critical condition in a Brisbane hospital.
I can only imagine how heartbreaking the two ceremonies will be. Everywhere I’ve been this week I’ve seen cars plastered with declarations of love for the teens, a fitting tribute to teens who loved their cars to the end.
It must be the season for car crashes.
Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of my beautiful friend Vynka. She was a young lawyer in Perth six years ago, working too late at night on the 22nd of November to give herself the day off for her birthday the next day.
As her Mum Cate wrote a birthday card for Vynks around ten o’clock that night, she heard sirens a couple of blocks away.
It turned out the sirens were for her baby.
No one really knows what happened, she just lost control on a suburban street corner and slammed head long into a wall. Was she going too fast? Did she fall asleep? Was she changing a tape? Answering her mobile phone?
We’ll never really know why Vynks died. I can tell you this though. Her mothers’ heart broke that night. Her dad’s too. Just like Nakitta’s parents and JD’s family and every one of their friends who will turn out in Buderim and Nambour today.
So drive safe, it might not hurt to die. But never forget about who gets hurt when they’re left behind.
Hundreds of people are expected to turn out for the funerals of 19 year old JD Doyle at Buderim and 15 year old Nakitta Deacon at Nambour.
The two teenagers died in a terrible car accident at Mountain Creek last Saturday morning.
18 year old Travis Guerin also died in the crash…15 year old Brooke Pratt remains in a critical condition in a Brisbane hospital.
I can only imagine how heartbreaking the two ceremonies will be. Everywhere I’ve been this week I’ve seen cars plastered with declarations of love for the teens, a fitting tribute to teens who loved their cars to the end.
It must be the season for car crashes.
Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of my beautiful friend Vynka. She was a young lawyer in Perth six years ago, working too late at night on the 22nd of November to give herself the day off for her birthday the next day.
As her Mum Cate wrote a birthday card for Vynks around ten o’clock that night, she heard sirens a couple of blocks away.
It turned out the sirens were for her baby.
No one really knows what happened, she just lost control on a suburban street corner and slammed head long into a wall. Was she going too fast? Did she fall asleep? Was she changing a tape? Answering her mobile phone?
We’ll never really know why Vynks died. I can tell you this though. Her mothers’ heart broke that night. Her dad’s too. Just like Nakitta’s parents and JD’s family and every one of their friends who will turn out in Buderim and Nambour today.
So drive safe, it might not hurt to die. But never forget about who gets hurt when they’re left behind.
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