“One Moment, One Decision: Heartbreaking Tales of Lives Forever Altered”
I have no idea what Erin or Jim are up to these days. But I hope they’re both better.
tl;dr- There’s no such thing as driving “too safe”. The life you save could be a teenager who can’t cope with the trauma.
EDIT- For clarity.
She decided she didn’t want to be a wife and mom anymore after having 4 kids (all under age of 14). Left her family and moved in with a guy on parole for assaulting a young teen. Kids want nothing to do with her. Rest of family and community have had it.
I ran into a former middle school football teamate at Wal-Mart a couple years ago and he gave me an update on his life.
In 7th grade he was considered an up and coming prospect locally. He was defensive end, big guy, nice guy overall, didn’t do drugs, stayed out of trouble, decent grades.
In the 90s, for some strange reason “pantsing” was a big thing. I don’t know why, but it was hilarious to run behind someone and pull their pants down. It happened a lot in hazing, I myself was pantsed a couple times. It was stupid. But it was really a trending thing.
He didn’t properly secure a ladder on a building site. He then fell off said ladder and fractured three vertebrae. Lucky enough not to be paralysed, but he spent nearly 2 months in hospital and then three months in a body cast from his armpits to his arsehole. His missus took this opportunity to leave him for a yuppie scumbag, taking his kids with her. He’s been battling with depression and chronic pain for over a decade since then.
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