Received this today...I normally dont' pay attention to stuff like this but this time I couldn't pass.. I don't mean to offend anyone or break any rules of the thread and would like not to get banished...If I do so be it I think this is more important...and something we all should think about....Especially those that have children.. > >I Went To A Party, Mom >I went to a party, >And remembered what you said. >You told me not to drink, Mom >So I had a sprite instead. >I felt proud of myself, >The way you said I would, >That I didn't drink and drive, >Though some friends said I should. >I made a healthy choice, >And your advice to me was right, >The party finally ended, >And the kids drove out of sight. >I got into my car, >Sure to get home in one piece, >I never knew what was coming, Mom >Something I expected least. >Now I'm lying on the pavement, >And I hear the policeman say, >The kid that caused this wreck was drunk, Mom, his >voice seems far away. >My own blood's all around me, >As I try hard not to cry. >I can hear the paramedic say, >This girl is going to die. >I'm sure the guy had no idea, >While he was flying high, >Because he chose to drink and drive, >Now I would have to die. >So why do people do it, Mom >Knowing that it ruins lives? >And now the pain is cutting me, >Like a hundred stabbing knives. >Tell sister not to be afraid, Mom >Tell daddy to be brave, >And when I go to heaven, >Put Daddy's Girl on my grave. >Someone should have taught him, >That its wrong to drink and drive. >Maybe if his parents had, >I'd still be alive. >My breath is getting shorter, Mom >I'm getting really scared. >These are my final moments, >And I'm so unprepared. >I wish that you could hold me Mom, >As I lie here and die. >I wish that I could say I love you, Mom >So I love you and good-bye. > >WE ARE HOPING TO GET 5,000 SIGNATURES ON >THIS, THEN PASS IT ON TO THE PRESIDENT. >PLEASE SIGN. >When this petition has reached 5,000, please return >it to: >MADD >P.O. Box 541688 >Dallas, TX 75354-1688 >info@madd.org >800-GET-MADD > >>SIGNING IS SUCH A SMALL EFFORT TO MAKE. >AFTER YOU'VE READ THE POEM, PLEASE >ADD YOUR NAME AT THE BOTTOM. >AND NEVER FORGET ... DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE. >EVER. >NOT EVEN ONCE, THINKING IT WON'T MATTER >IT -WILL- MATTER. > >How to set it up! >1. Copy the entire e-mail. >2. Paste it into a new e-mail. >3. SIGN YOUR NAME AT THE BOTTOM. >4. Then send it to everyone you know. > >THE NAMES: >1. Adam Ross Kalesperis >2. Deanne Perozzi >3. Raphal Nash >4. Courtney Easter >5. James Chandler. >6. Tracy Lamont >7. Traci Arbisi >8. Faye Hollenbeck >9. Devin E. Davis >10. Starla Shaver >11. Theresa Brehm >12. Lisa Brehm >13. Courtney Barnett >14. Erika Hurst >15. Kym Moschgat >16. Michael Hansen >17. Matt Weston >18. Laura Bunch >19. Daniel Lawson >20. Ashley Byrd >21. Brian Chadwell >22. Bonnie Morrical >23. Susan S >24. Michele Zader. >25. Denise Marie Haines >26. Keshia Marie Siders >27. Amy Sue Tresenrider >28. Tracie Balthaser >29. Diana Kaufman >30. Brooke Newkirk >31. AARON BLACKBURN >32. Christina M.B. >33. Crystal Mckenzie >34. Kate Laroche >35. Callie Firman >36. Christy Turner >37. Rebecca Turner >38. Elena Thomas >39. Missy Burke >40. Erin McCalla >41. Lindsay Potrafke >42. Jenny Eckel >43. Cassandra Duggan >44. Amy Liebisch >45. Eric Widmeyer >46. Alisa Huth >47. Pam Augustine >48. Leanne Trdinich >49. Megan LeDonne >50. Kristen Kennedy >51. Maura Bennardo >52. Lisa Wilt >53. Amanda Pietz >54. David DiCosol >55. Connie Carozza >56. Jaime Jacoby >57. Erin Edmunds >58. Erin Berecek >59. Becky Porter >60. Alana Miller >61. Carrie Vermillion >62. Susan Spearing >63. Gaye Sougstad >64. Lynn Snider >65. David Shores >66. Carol Conway >67. Natalie Fair >68. Alissa Lloyd >69. Rebecca Wheeler >70. Lisa Riedel >71. Eric Vaughan >72. Danielle Seaman >73. Elizabeth Ambrose >74. Katy Mahannah >75. Susan Hall >76. MIRANDA CUNDY!! >77. Meg Kells-Murphy >78. Samantha Kaiser >79. Travis Lincoln >80. Randy >81. Chris Virgate >82. Matthew Burbles >83. Crystal Dambowsky >84. Kyle freaken McEneany >85. Krystal Scharn >86. Lau!ra Rothrock >87. Bethany Bucci >88. Amy Satkevich >89. Christine Rich (ween >90. Courtney Reilly >91. Lauren Tighe >92. Jackie White >93. Liz Farrell >94. Kathryn M. >95. Heather Anne Lowery >96. Katie Jo >97. Cara Brenner >98. Emily Green >99. Emily Harris >100. Emily Chen >101. Sarah Schererm >102. Eric Eisenberg >104. SlickDan Goldstein >105. Abby Kimmelman >106. Alyssa Lee >107. David Hoffman >108. Celia Kather >109. Susan Ginn >110. Carly Smith >111. Anna Karis >112. Alison Deffenbaugh >113. Litzi Paredes >114. Teresa Eldridge >115. Stephanie Reese >116. Jamie Turner >117. Jenny Showalter >118. Meg Wooldridge >119. Kevin T$chai >120. Loan Nguyen >121. Elizabeth Yorns >122. Katie McGowan >123. Angie Henderson >124. The Troyfish of VT >125. Natalie Corrigan of VT >126. Dyanis Conrad >127. Vasil Popov >128. Marie Huitt >129. Jessi McMahan >130. Courtney Kelly >131. Tracy Smith >132. Jenny Fisher >133. Sally J. James-in memory of >134. Rachael Harness >135. Jan E. Conley >136. Kari M.Fellers >137. Dawn Love >138. Staci Smith >139. Douglas Blair >140. Brooke Rhea >141. Rachel Hammons >142. Brian Gallion >143. Ben Morrow >144. William Burden >145. Erica M. Smothers >146. Jason Wilchie >147. Frank Smith >148. Kevin Rider >149. Matt Masley-In memory of Alison, killed by drunk >driver 1/9/1998. >150. Deepak Deean >151. Liz Dedrick >152. Jessa >153. Maureen (MO >154. Dawn O. >155. Paul M.~Peewee >156. Vanessa R.~Venus >157. Ryan Cabral (stangman) >158. Rachel Miller >159. Christy Fairlie >160. Julie Snyder >161. Alex La >162. Mariah Reyes >164. Brandon Castrejon >165. Ashley L >166. Jeffrey Yamauchi >167. Lois Kuo >168. Priscilla Kuo >169. Mei W.W >170. Gennie W. Alasagas >171. P.J. R. Alasagas >172. Charina Gonzales >173. Nieves M. Ague >174. Calley Redd >175. Alexandra Hart >176. Lisa Peterson >177. Amber Neil >178. Mandy Cox >179. MICHELLE REQUA >180. Meghan Anne Meyer --- In memory of James & >Kendall died from a >drunk driver 1/1/96. >181. LAUREN BUTTLAR >183. Brandie Thomas >184. Lorianna Moreno >185. Kris Jensen-In memory of Pat Byrd, killed by a >drunk driver on 1/1/99. >186. Katie Essig >187. Jenny Haney-In memory of Shane Moore & Anthony >Saucedo >killed-July 9,2000 when they were driving drunk. >188. Kim Jones >189. Sarah Bellamy >190. Jon McInturff >191. Elizabeth Price >192. Lesley Kuras >193. Kellyn Blossom >194. Jenna Cullinane >195. Katherine Gritter >196. Ben Thompson >197. Andrea Durell - In memory of the choad car... >198. Erin Rae Lengkeek....ditto " " " >199. Tiffany Megan Lott >200. Carrie Deathriage >201. Melissa Mao >202. Emily Leong >203. Jill Burkholder >204. Meghan Cloud >205. SLS >206. Karen Roy >207. Kasey Kniffin >209. Tom Miyashiro this is for u joe... >210. Jesse Jet Bellefleur >211. Pamichic >212. Fionaap >213. Ann McDermott >214. Gina Cerrito >215. Johnny Horn >216. Melissa Coleman >217. Morgan Saltsgiver >218. Erin Warrner >219. Jennifer Warrner >220. Kayla JOY McKenzie >221. Alison L. >222. Denise M. Malagari >223. Amber Lynn Chesebrough >224. Holly Chesebrough >225. Daryl DuLong >226. Diana Lupa >227. Todd J. Pipitone >228. Eric W. Davies >229. Kristin Landis >230. Dave Woods >231. S.Whitney >232. Christina Sweeder >233. Sanam de Lorme >234. Lindsey Eigenbrode >235. Meredith Keller >236. Candice Roubin >237. ANGEL** >238. Kathleen >239. Alex Rowe >240. Rachel "T" Thompson >241. Abe Thompson >243. David Dare >244. Sarah Gullemette >245. Ben Cormier >246. Devon Smith >247. Ashley >248. Amy >249. Nicole Thibodeau >250. Katie Wallace >251. Jessica Shanahan >252. Brianna Harmer >253. Mary E. Sundberg >254. Kristen Sundberg >255. Lindsay Chandler >256. Heather King >257. Nyleen Veigas >258. Catrina Basset >259. Melissa Ford >260. Ashlie Johnson-In memory of my beloved John Doe >261. Ashley Jackson >262. Mark Pepperdine >263. Colleen Pepperdine >264. Monica Waldrop >265. Rebekah Martinez >266. Heather VonKahle - my brother was killed by drunk >driver >267. Cortney Minnix >268. April L. Pepperdine >269. Kelly Conlon >270. Maura Marsico ~~ May The Work That I've Done >Speak For Me Now, >I'll never forget you Chris >271. Nikki K. >272. Jeff D " DUBS >273. Carli Gilbride >274. Renee' Moore >275. Tracy Bunting - in memory of Shawn Johnson killed >on his birthday >while driving drunk. >276. B. >277. Debi Kennedy >278. D BONAMI (For my brother-in-law firefighter >dedicated to helping >others who has a permanent back injury from a drunk >driver) >279. Judy Moore >280. Laurie Eames >281. Jackie White >282. Amy R Sheets >283. Andy Crosier >284. Rodney Crosier & family >285. Bonnie Aylor >286. Dean Crosier >287. Brenda Billings >288. Lisa Davis >289. Melissa Strange >290. Jennifer Braddy >291. Nancy M. Yarley >292. Wilhemenia Ford-Farrow >293. Heide Aicher >294. Melissa Chapp >295. Deborah Scobie >296. Gwen Willis >297. Dennis Willis >298. Jill Graham >299. Karen Beamon >300. Judith Becker >301. Marion Hughes >302. denise thompson >303. Lily L. Horsley >304. Margaret Schupe >305. Ginny Ploch >306. Sally H. >307. Mary Mcfarland >308. Gina Guardiola >309. D. Guar >310. Patrick Carroll >311. Rain Catanese >312. Yvonne Selden >313. Cary Selden >314. M. E. Smalls >315. Vanessa Charles >316. Teri Tindall >317. Edith McGowan >318. Rae Lene Garcia >319. Paula Vogt >320. Diane Tietz >321. Kathy Blades >322. Terri Hood >323. Retha Herman >324. Sharon Stuart >325. Michelle Ferestad >326. Virginia Preuss >327. Kim Loneman >328. Judy Bonafilia >329. Stephanie Gates >330. Tammy Roy >331. Sandra McNatt >332. Ginger Savage >333. Michell Gray >334. Jo Sizemore >335. Angie Bishop >336. Don Machart >337. Teresa van de Putte-Machart >338. Jodie van Arkel-Greenlee >339. Jill Greenlee >340. Magaret Buza >341. Glenn M. Bennett >342. Richard C. Hagerty >343. Charlye Cook >344. Danny Shaw >345. William Nance >346. Johnette Kelly >347. Charles Kelly >348. Jan Kelly >349. Jackie Kelly >350. Kathy Norman >351. Carolyn Bivens >352, Forrest Bivens >353. Amber Taylor and Family >354. The Groschick Family >355. Charlotte Wiedemann >356. Brandi Beavers in memory of Chris;You know I >could never forget you >357. MICHELLE SPALDING >358. Sue Weese Ford >359. Lori Ford >360. June Langley >361. Olan D. Langley >362. Paul & Sharon Jeffers >363. David & Rebecca & Michelle & Elizabeth Hutto >364. Tiffany J. Ellis ~ in memory of Kady Wilt - >pedestrian, 5 houses >from home >365. Lauri R. Tutwiler >366. Jorja Diane Sullivan ~ Tutwiler >367. Katrina Perkins >368. Jenny Giering >369. Ricky Hawkins >370. Terry Morrison >371. Jim Morrison >372. Catheryn Thurman best friend killed in a crash by >a drunk teenager. >He left two small children behind without a mother. >373. Florence Workman >374. Paul Workman >375. Kimberley Perry >376. John Perry >377. Karen S. Booth >378. Helen Harriman >379. Bonnie OLiver >380. Libby Graham >381. Janice Byers >382. Debbie Ridgway >383. Rhonda Carrier >384. Donna Johnson- In memory of my brother Matt >Lindsey, who was struck >and killed August 8, 2000 by a drunk driver while >stopping to help >people that had already been in a car accident. This >one's for you, Bubba!!! >385. Christi Baker - In memory of Matt Lindsey. >386. Craig,Terri and Judson Brown >387. Paula Green >388. Jack Hershey, grateful to all those who helped >Kirk survive an >accident caused by a teenage drunk. >389. Judith Harper >390. John M. Schuderer >391. Michelle A. >392. Joyce LeClair >393. Sandy Nelson >394. Michele Cochrane - in memory of my Aunt Maxine >Leyva, her daughter >Brenda 6 mos, and husband John all killed by a drunk >driver. >395. Brenda Hintzman >396. Marge Fletcher >397. Doug, Barb, & Mark Omlor >398. The Pierce's... upstate NY >399. The Gashi's....in memory of my friend Billy >Lanphere and every >single person killed by a drunk driver...... >400. Katie and Paul Dietz >401. Christi Hopkins >402. Mireille >403. Pamela Clark >404. Marcia Witteman >405. Mike Witteman >406. Elizabeth Witteman >407. Hannah Witteman >408. Ange Davis >409. Julie Baril >410. John Baril >411. Brandon Baril >412. Eric Larson >413. Wend >414. Megan >415. Joanne >416. Jeannine >417. Renee Johnson >418. Mike Brady >420. John Duncan >421. Sandi Banister >422. Dany Berry >423. Tim Berry >424. Caya Berry >425. Anita C. Gartside >426. Chris Gartside >427. Sean Gartside >428. Mary Willis >429. Eric Nupp >430. Vincent Mathis >431. Howard Wick >432. Thomas Codori >433. Patti Morris >434. Kim Barber >435. Sandra Oliva >436. Vivian Perez >437. Michele Sutton Scott >438. Suzanne Levitats >439. Amy Roberts >440. Jonathan Roberts >441. Robin Parker >442. Julie Simon >443. Shelley Jacoby >444. Paula Solomon >445 Randy Rieger >446 Richard Salzman >446. Mark Schild >447. Daniel Blum >448. Sloane Gillman >449. Janice Lusky Greenspan >450. Florie Straz >451. Shelton Gorelick >452. Gail Weston >453. Jill Bloch >454 Rich1 |