Well my Husband has lost another Cousin to the streets of the so called City of Brotherly Love! I am from Philadelphia and no offense to the Philly Knotties, but I WILL NEVER return to that city. I used to love my Hometown, I used to defend it to the fullest, but to see the young people there, waisting away their lives to these streets just kills me. I have 2 yes two brothers in prison because they thought the street family was better than the 6 figure income family they were from. Now my Husbands family has lost another Child to the same streets! He was a baby in our eyes, under 25 with 3 kids and he could have had a better future than his current life, and yet he choose the streets over his family, yes this young man could have changed his life around and made better choices but now he will never get that chance. My DH lost his other cousin last summer to another senseless shooting that was not intended for him AT ALL, his death being that he was an only child,and he only has one child was DEVASTATING to the family, his death was unexpected in every sense of the word, he was loved by everyone he came in contact with, he was a problem solver not a problem maker, he never raised his voice, and he had a calming affect on people, his death till this day is hard for us. Its hard to see his son( spitting image) its hard to look at photos of him with out braking down, hell we can barely say his name without getting choked up, ( i am tearing up now). His life too taken away wayyyy to early and whats left is a 3 year old who will never know his father.
Now you never get good news when a phone rings at 5am EVER! and for that to be the news we got 5am this morning is not how we planned on spending our day, its not how we planned on enjoying the time until our wedding. I hate waist and thats all this was, a waist of a life, and when will people realize YOU DONT COME BACK FROM DEAD!!!!
My DH family again is devestated and hurting I just ask you all keep our family in your prayers.
Thanks for letting me share.