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kitsune89's blog post - 3s & 7s

Friday, July 31, 2015, 2:44:01 PM
We are likely to have the third fatality this week from my work family with an employee on life support in ICU with zero brain activity. He was on his motorcycle last night with no helmet and a deer jumped in front of him. This is our 3rd loss due to a motorcycle accident this year. 4th in the year and a half that I've been here. Frankly, I'm generally cold about death. I haven't lost anyone close since I was a kid & this is one of those things I generally don't know how to react to. My current job is in the front office. I'm supposed to be the warm, friendly face to brighten every visitor's day. I've been so frayed lately as it is that I'm just sitting here crying. I have no backup today so I'm trying to tough through. With both my parents owning motorcycles & one being enough of a jackass to never wear a helmet, this isn't just a work family tragedy. It's a reminder to how closely tragedy is hovering to my blood family and how unexpectedly it could strike. I am a strong woman but I really don't think I could survive losing my father at this point. It is now my mission to convince him to sell the damn thing a.s.a.p. Life is completely out of our hands. You can't control when you'll be taken but why do people tempt fate so hard? This definitely confirms for me that I need to practice living in the now & stop thinking I'll always have time later to try this or accomplish that. Please, please everyone be careful. Take care of yourself. You are precious and irreplacable.

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Ho-Lee-Chit on 31-Jul-15 21:06:45
Id not tell ya what to do for nothin, Kitteh. But, rather than try to talk himn into selling it (which might not work out well) why not beg pleade, throw a tantrum, whatever is needed and get him to wear a helmet and maybe a light armored jacket? They arent that expensive and the protect well. As for the rest, Im willing to bet that youre doing just fine, under the circumstances. Times like this arent easy. They arent supposed to be. So maybe dont worry so much about how you think everyone else thinks you should act right now. You are allowed "feels" when they hit ya. *hugs*
kitsune89 on 31-Jul-15 21:40:35
S&T the dad is a smart man. He wears all that already. Mom is a different story but I can't tell her anything. Dad is already on the verge of selling it. It's not his actions that worry me. It's the other idiots. I'm gonna nap & then call him & cry. I'm the baby of the family & I'm his favorite :p
antiherophoto on 1-Aug-15 4:29:29
As my friend just told me yesterday, hug the ones you are close to EVERY DAY. <3 So so true. This brief blip of an existence is so fleeting for all of us.
michaell1 on 1-Aug-15 15:03:21
Great blog.
I hope it works out with your dad.
I have lost to many friends to that.