Oh boy what a day I am having. My son goes to a 5 day military boarding school and comes home every weekend. He came home tonight and told me two of his good friends were in a very bad car accident last night. The boys are all seniors in high school and all have been very good kids. My son's friend was driving drunk and killed somebody. The boy that was driving is in intensive care and the Doctors do not know whether or not he will live, if he survives he will be facing prison. The passenger is my son's best friend and he is in the hospital with internal bleeding and needs surgery, he is expected to survive. My son is at the hospital now visiting his best friend, the boy that was driving cannot have friends visit yet.
I have always stressed to my son to never drink & drive or get in a car with someone who does. Just two weeks ago my son called me at 2am and told me he thought he was OK to drive, it took me twenty minutes to talk him out of it and convince him we would not be mad at him and to give me his location. My husband picked him up and we just praised him for doing the right thing and calling for a ride. We didn't ask any questions about the drinking. This lesson I'm sure is really hitting home for him. I just feel so bad for these boys but most of all, of course, the innocent victim.
I have always stressed to my son to never drink & drive or get in a car with someone who does. Just two weeks ago my son called me at 2am and told me he thought he was OK to drive, it took me twenty minutes to talk him out of it and convince him we would not be mad at him and to give me his location. My husband picked him up and we just praised him for doing the right thing and calling for a ride. We didn't ask any questions about the drinking. This lesson I'm sure is really hitting home for him. I just feel so bad for these boys but most of all, of course, the innocent victim.
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