Top Comments: Tragic Death in PNW and a Bitter Mourning.

When I realized I had double booked tonight between KTK and Top Comments I was pretty frustrated. This has been a terrible week since Sunday and it left me wanting to hide in bed and cry. Then I realized that these two community diaries are effectively my online home; safe places where lighthearted and politics alike can se set aside for personal reflection and social support.

Tonight at Kitchen Table Kibitzing I offer up a silent Memorium as a means to acknowledge and offer prayers, thoughts, hopes and reflections of the loss of my best friend's nephew in a horrific and totally avoidable car wreck this past weekend in PNW at the age of 29.

Here at Top Comments I would like to offer the story itself, told with an eye toward protecting the privacy of the family while offering enough detail to illustrate the event, contextualize the grief and draw upon the larger questions of why we take the risks in life we do.

Consider this a trigger warning if you have a hard time with death, grief, car accidents and  devastating injury.

Also, it probably wouldn't b e too difficult for some people to figure out who and where this happened. Some reader may even live in the area or even have been on or near the scene. If that is the case, please exercise discretion out of respect for the privacy of the family. Thank you.

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