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2005: The Year of Blindsiding Laurel
Dec. 31st, 2005 07:49 pmYou know how a day can start off normal, regular, and kind of good. You think it's going to go like any other day. Just fine and peachy. Then something happens that makes you turn a complete 360. All you can do is adjust. You don't see it coming. You go into a bit of shock. Slowly, but surely, life continues, and you do what you have to do.
2005 has been like that for me.
I thought 2004 was bad enough. Then, my days started off normal and ended with me running for my life, calling the police, and reporting not one, but two muggers, one who could have put *me* in the ground.
Instead, the year ends with someone else being put in the ground. 2005 was not through blindsiding me with unexpected shocks. It had to get in one more before that big shiny ball drops tonight.
Last night, after 11pm, my phone rings. This is not normal, unless I am expecting a call from a friend. I thought uh oh, someone's in the hospital. It's Linda, my brother's wife.
Her words were, "I'm sorry to call so late. Laurel, your daddy died tonight."
( Blindsided one more time )
2005 has been like that for me.
I thought 2004 was bad enough. Then, my days started off normal and ended with me running for my life, calling the police, and reporting not one, but two muggers, one who could have put *me* in the ground.
Instead, the year ends with someone else being put in the ground. 2005 was not through blindsiding me with unexpected shocks. It had to get in one more before that big shiny ball drops tonight.
Last night, after 11pm, my phone rings. This is not normal, unless I am expecting a call from a friend. I thought uh oh, someone's in the hospital. It's Linda, my brother's wife.
Her words were, "I'm sorry to call so late. Laurel, your daddy died tonight."
( Blindsided one more time )
