For Linda and Family
When I started out the new semester at San Francisco State, I thought the worst thing that could happen is that I’m going to wind up in yet another film class with theories that are far left field or totally bogus or both. My wish was granted with my Film and Society class where we’ve been assigned four books, one of which is “Media Control” by established author and anarchist Noam Chomsky. Amazingly, something much worse has happened and it had nothing to do with school.
This past Sunday, a couple at my church had a terrible accident. Bob and Linda Griffin, a couple who have been married for a few years had an accident on Highway 1 just north of Santa Cruz. They were hit by an allegedly drunk driver and the car turned over. Linda was killed in the driver’s seat. Bob suffered two broken femurs, multiple broken ribs, maybe even more. He had surgery and is currently in intensive care.
Bob and Linda’s two children were in the back seat. Basia, age 5, wasn’t hurt and is currently under doctor supervision. Bo, age 2, suffered a broken arm and is being looked after by a fellow church member. If you want to read more, click here for a website showing their situation updates.
I never knew Linda that well. I know what she looked like, but I seldom spoke with her. I always focused more on her two children who liked to run around the church every Sunday. Basia is a bundle of joy. I still remember a few years ago when I passed by a table during coffee hour after church. I went to get some water from the water pitcher and Basia was standing there at the table with her tongue hanging out like a puppy dog. I asked her if she wanted water. She nodded. I poured her some. I also watched as she ran around one of the parties we’d been to.
Basia is very fortunate to have come out of the accident unharmed, but she and her sister are of my greatest concerns. I believe God is looking after Linda right now, but I pray that he stays with the kids. I hope Basia and Bo can find proper guidance through God somehow and I hope Bob will recover quickly and have the strength to raise them. Bob, I know pretty well. He frequently plays guitar at church. I actually asked him for guitar lessons many years ago, but never really got them. I pray for Bob and his kids and I pray that I can find a way to help them in the coming weeks.
Tonight, there was a prayer service at the church that I went to with my family. I cried as the reality of the two girls growing up without a mother finally settled into me. When tragedies occur, I often wonder what God is doing when they happen. I realize that running everything is a difficult task, but perhaps this plays into a greater plan. The driver that hit the Griffin family was allegedly drunk. There’s no way that God would be orchestrating this event even through a drunk driver. Instead, he had to have let it happen while he was maybe off performing another task.
Linda Griffin was a wonderful woman. Just ask everyone she knew. But sadly, her time here on Earth is up. And if this was part of god’s plan, then there has to be something greater to happen in the long run. Maybe God let it happen because he wanted Bob, Basia and Bo to come out of the tragedy stronger than ever in spirit and in health. As for the drunk driver, he will probably face a long time in prison. But maybe during that time, he’ll think about his life and who he is and what he did. People have been known to find God in prison. Maybe he’ll come out a better man.
In order to get through any tragedy, a lot of grieving is necessary. But the key to surviving the tragedy is to come out the other in with a rainbow. Keep your chin up when the time comes. Think positive and have faith in God that your path is a good one. Linda lived her life with a positive attitude. Let’s all carry on the tradition.
This past Sunday, a couple at my church had a terrible accident. Bob and Linda Griffin, a couple who have been married for a few years had an accident on Highway 1 just north of Santa Cruz. They were hit by an allegedly drunk driver and the car turned over. Linda was killed in the driver’s seat. Bob suffered two broken femurs, multiple broken ribs, maybe even more. He had surgery and is currently in intensive care.
Bob and Linda’s two children were in the back seat. Basia, age 5, wasn’t hurt and is currently under doctor supervision. Bo, age 2, suffered a broken arm and is being looked after by a fellow church member. If you want to read more, click here for a website showing their situation updates.
I never knew Linda that well. I know what she looked like, but I seldom spoke with her. I always focused more on her two children who liked to run around the church every Sunday. Basia is a bundle of joy. I still remember a few years ago when I passed by a table during coffee hour after church. I went to get some water from the water pitcher and Basia was standing there at the table with her tongue hanging out like a puppy dog. I asked her if she wanted water. She nodded. I poured her some. I also watched as she ran around one of the parties we’d been to.
Basia is very fortunate to have come out of the accident unharmed, but she and her sister are of my greatest concerns. I believe God is looking after Linda right now, but I pray that he stays with the kids. I hope Basia and Bo can find proper guidance through God somehow and I hope Bob will recover quickly and have the strength to raise them. Bob, I know pretty well. He frequently plays guitar at church. I actually asked him for guitar lessons many years ago, but never really got them. I pray for Bob and his kids and I pray that I can find a way to help them in the coming weeks.
Tonight, there was a prayer service at the church that I went to with my family. I cried as the reality of the two girls growing up without a mother finally settled into me. When tragedies occur, I often wonder what God is doing when they happen. I realize that running everything is a difficult task, but perhaps this plays into a greater plan. The driver that hit the Griffin family was allegedly drunk. There’s no way that God would be orchestrating this event even through a drunk driver. Instead, he had to have let it happen while he was maybe off performing another task.
Linda Griffin was a wonderful woman. Just ask everyone she knew. But sadly, her time here on Earth is up. And if this was part of god’s plan, then there has to be something greater to happen in the long run. Maybe God let it happen because he wanted Bob, Basia and Bo to come out of the tragedy stronger than ever in spirit and in health. As for the drunk driver, he will probably face a long time in prison. But maybe during that time, he’ll think about his life and who he is and what he did. People have been known to find God in prison. Maybe he’ll come out a better man.
In order to get through any tragedy, a lot of grieving is necessary. But the key to surviving the tragedy is to come out the other in with a rainbow. Keep your chin up when the time comes. Think positive and have faith in God that your path is a good one. Linda lived her life with a positive attitude. Let’s all carry on the tradition.
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