Mar 21, 2011 00:58
Today has been a rollercoaster. I don't even know what to say.
My friends and acquaintances lost someone. One of the benefits of having gone to such a small Secondary school is that you really do know everyone. This lad, Eliot, was the younger brother of a friend. I met him once or twice, went to parties with him, laughed with him - though I didn't know him well at all. Last night he drove into a tree. He was eighteen.
I can't imagine what his family are going through. His brother Luke was a classmate of mine - a brilliant, handsome, perfect man, and Eliot was equally as wonderful the few times I met him. I can't imagine how Luke feels. It'd be like me losing my own seventeen-year-old sister...and it chokes me just to think about how I'd cope. I wouldn't. I couldn't.
I'm shocked. Just shocked.
God keep you, Eliot. I will pray for you and your family.
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