FRIENDS - Never forgotten!

••In Memories of Friends - Song: 38 Special - Stone Cold Believer

I'm going to tell a story from faith. I have lost several friends and Not 1 person was a natural death. In Memories of Friends: David, John, Mona, Tony, Lenny, Pat, Cheryl, Billy, Ruffeal, Cathy, Roy, Renée, Hudson, Ted and Pattie. I feel their lives stand for something in our lives.

David was married with two children. He loved to ride his Harley motorcycle and go to bike shows. One evening, he took a joy ride with no helmet and a drunk driver ran him over running a red light. Now, his wife and children suffer.

John was young and full of life. He had a beautiful 1967 Chevy II nova and he loved racing. He got a Honda CB 900F and one night, he crashed into a guard rail off interstate. The motorcycle exploded killing him and a 20 year old girl.

Mona was a beautiful girl and her mother taught me at school. She was in the six grade when a school bus ran her over. The story was told, someone pushed her under the bus. Her mother already suffer from her younger son Clay being handicapped. Today, on front of the bus a guard "helps" protects children.

Tony died on his birthday. We cooked food and we had a lot of friends gathered to surprise him. We got the surprise! His girl friend Alice cried on my shoulder when getting the news, Tony fell off a ladder at work. He told us, he was suppose to be holding the ladder while the worker painted.

Lenny was a shy person and people took advantage of him. His brother Larry tried looking out for his brother since, they lived in a bad neighborhood. Lenny was shot in the chest and robbed when he was a giving person.

Pat was a neighborhood friend and I feel closer to a younger brother named Kevin. I spent time growing up around Pat and we enjoyed riding the roads. Pat died unfortunately from a drug overdose and the family suffers. Our hearts can suffer in different ways but, we could reach out to a friend, family, stranger, or etc.

Cheryl was a teenage girl and she loved adventures. She was close to my family and friends. She would trust strangers and go driving with them. One night, she never came home and her family suffers because, Cheryl was loved.

Billy was born in Texas and he had a hard life. They moved around and he was the older child out the family. He loved drinking and fighting! I watched him fight over a whiskey bottle with friends. Billy could never keep friends so he hung himself.

Ruffeal was a person loved by friends and family. He always smiled and shared stories with people. He enjoyed helping his father do handy work to earn money. One evening, he helped his father work off a dock when he got electrocuted. His father watched helpless.

Cathy was a  friend of my sister and she had long beautiful blond hair. She loved riding on motorcycles with the wind blowing her hair. Her and her boyfriend was riding his motorcycle when a gray hound bus hit them.

Roy loved racing and drinking beer. He owned a Chevy truck with a 396 big block. The truck would spin the tires down the road. One day, Roy lost control of his truck racing down a long open road. The truck flipped over hitting a tree.

Renée was my wife's best friend and she married an Iranian man who wanted citizenship. She got pregnant and Molson her husband requested her to have an abortion. She did have a beautiful girl named Christina after she left her husband. Renée was lost and she overdosed on pills which cost her life. Her father gave up on living and shot himself. Her mother raises Christina as an Angel.

Hudson was a nice person and he operated a company. He owned a fast speed boat and I loved riding in it. You could watch the boat consume five gallons of gas in minutes. My heart feels pain finding out that, Hudson died from drug overdose.

Ted was strong will but he loved drugs. He tried, doing drugs on top of drugs. His girlfriend cried, Ted no stop or I'll leave you. She left, not being able to watch. Ted could not do it alone so a friend helped him. His friend Jimmy never thought Ted would die.

Pattie was a beautiful woman that I loved deeply. I found the love from a Falling Star. Words can never describe the bond between us. My hearts suffers from all the sorrow because she died from drugs. There is a bad person named Michael and his life is cursed by hurting her. Pattie loved me over him and she died Nov. 24, 2002

Death can come at once and people don't see it coming. I feel blessed to be able to meet them. I watched friends smile, laugh, or joke and these are the memories I cherished. You must take action in your life if, you want to prevent a death not natural. Man created all elements which killed my friends not God.