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Comment by TexasDocMom on December 10, 2009 at 7:00pm

It was about 13 years ago, this January. He was the light of our lives, that little boy, blonde and perfect. My granddaughter called him "Boy"..."Boy", she'd say..."get me some juice, " and she'd point because she couldn't reach it..."Boy, I want to ride." and he'd get down to be the horse. I think the first time I heard her say his name was that day in the car. He's in a group home in Corpus Christi. It was one of the dozens of applications the social worker had us start filling out when he was in ICU. It took 10 years to get him in that program. The young man that died, Rene, had the most giving, loving mother. When I met her at Rene's funeral, she stood up to hug me, without even waiting for an introduction, she said "he looks just like you, I'm praying for our boy to live."...it tore my heart out. We were standing by her son's casket, in a small south Texas town, hundreds and hundreds of people there, all those high school kids...and she is praying for us.

I am reminded of her with some of our Navy moms and how our faith lifts others up when we have these young people going to war zones. Particularly on this board and the iraq/afghanistan board.

Carol, I hope your son opens up as time goes on. Family historians say that a person lives as long as someone who loves them is saying his name. I hope your son says his brother's name as he grows up. When I do the history of someone who has died so young, I try to get stories about them. I write about Leland and Rene in my blog, so they will always have their story told.

Comment by Sharon P.M. on December 10, 2009 at 6:17pm

I think y'all are a group of wonderful, strong, compassionate, remarkable women and am so happy to count you among friends!

Comment by TexasDocMom on December 10, 2009 at 6:07pm

Carol, your son's comment is so touching, and it's good he trusts you to share it now, maybe he's ready or believes you're ready to talk about his brother. When my nephew, Leland, had that awful accident, my grand daughter was about 4. She made the drive with me back and forth to Corpus Christi and Austin for the trips to stay with Leland in the ICU, Rehabs, etc. We were driving the open Texas highway, I thought she was sleeping. She said "If only Leland hadn't run that stop sign, he'd be okay." Now, we'd never really discussed that part of it around her, but she had listened, and she figured it out. And she was thinking about it all the time. Losing someone you love, in any way, is life changing, no matter what your age. And I guess, no matter what the age, you always will think about it.

Comment by Sharon P.M. on December 10, 2009 at 4:02pm

Angie - I am so sorry for the loss of your young friend, you, stick to your guns! We're here to be their parents, not their buddies. My biggest fear with my kids is the same as audreymema, our kids have no idea how to drive in the snow and ice, we don't have that here! Geeze, we don't even have hills here, it's all flat so add that to the mix and I'm a wreck with one kid living in Louisville, another in Huntsville and one going off to where they drive on the other side of the road! Just gotta pray they take it easy and leave it to a power greater...
Audreymema, I am truly sorry to hear of your loss as well, I hope that you find comfort in memories of happy times shared with your angel.

Comment by TexasDocMom on December 10, 2009 at 1:43pm

Angie, hold to it. My nephew became a brain injury survivor at 16 in an accident that killed his best friend on a country road in south Texas. Hospitals and rehabs are filled with these young people, and group homes are filled with those that grew up in a rehab.

Comment by Sharon P.M. on December 10, 2009 at 1:23pm

LOL - 50 degrees here and I have on my Uggs, coat, scarf! You should see me when we have a freeze, which we do at least 2 or 3 times a winter. First, I have to drag all of my plants inside that can be moved and then cover up those that cannot, by then I do have a little sweat going on - but then once I'm over that I am dressed like a little kid on a snow day, so many layers I can barely move my arms and legs! LOL

Comment by TexasDocMom on December 10, 2009 at 11:51am

Ruth, if you're flying, do not wrap presents, even in your bags, they could be unwrapped, and probably they don't wrap them back up!

Not warm in the south west...

Comment by Sharon P.M. on December 10, 2009 at 10:49am

Ruthella - we wrap Christmas lights in our palm trees! That's how we do it down here! LOL! Last year I got to have a "White Christmas" as Devin had PIR on Christmas Eve and we got stuck in the airport until Christmas day! It was neat for about 30 minutes to watch the snow, but y'all can keep it! It was SOOOOO cold! We had our annual Christmas Boat Parade last weekend and it was cold by our standards (around 50 degrees!), we had a fire going in the pit down by the water and the hot buttered rum was a huge hit! I feel for y'all that are in the bitter cold this week, I got the shivers just watching the weather on the news!

Comment by Sharon P.M. on December 9, 2009 at 5:40pm

Thanks - I will! He is going out camping/hunting tomorrow night with his buddies one more time and then the rest of the weekend is the Christmas Festival here in town so he'll be hanging with mom again! Was lots of fun having him and Steven home last Saturday for the boat parade, they certainly add some fun to the festivities!

Comment by Sharon P.M. on December 9, 2009 at 5:21pm

The hubs is having a scope tomorrow in the lower quadrant if you know what I mean - he has been on clear liquids since yesterday so Dev and I are going out for dinner and then coming home and watching "While You Were Sleeping" my favorite Christmas movie!

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