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To: hal jordan who wrote (35576)9/9/2003 11:40:16 AM
From: O'Hara  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 39621
 
><>...thank you Hal...><>

For your sincere condolences. It was, and still is, quite unimaginable even to me my friend. In the middle of driving down a busy highway I literally have to slap myself out of a down-pour of tears so that I can see the road. And I don't mind admitting to that. My son was everything to me...Everything. I still can't believe it. I still wait for his phone call. Every time my cell rings...for a split second I think it might be him. Every night I lay my head on my pillow hoping that when I wake up.....it will be from this nightmare. But every morning is the same as the one before....my son is gone...at the prime of his life.

Anyway my friend thank you for your kind words. Maybe someday, a hundred years or so from now, I will open the chest I put all the words of comfort and kindness into and they will finally give me some peace. But for now just trying to keep my face dry is enough.

It used to be that I had plans for the future. I looked forward to ever day. Now I just try to remember what it is I must do in the next 5 minutes. One day at a time is too much to think about. Never mind next week, next month or God forbid, next year.

My son and I were making plans to meet at a Thanksgiving gathering at my sisters place in NJ. That was our last conversation. Two weeks before Thanksgiving. He had just bought his tickets. And then 2 days later he was dead.
Plan for tomorrow? Sometimes I hope tomorrow never comes for me.

BTW Hal...you had a little girl . What was it about 4 or 5 yrs ago? How is she doing? Have you had anymore children?
I do hope all is well with you.

Thank you again my friend.
Shalom...><>