Sad Day

Today was heartbreaking to watch. I was in the kitchen around 1 PM having a conversation with my son and daughter about this series that my daughter and I have been watching on Hulu called The Food that Built America. We were discussing the merger between Fritos and Lays when my son's attention was caught by a police car that had pulled up across the street from the corner house diagonally across from us. The officer got out of his vehicle and was looking around the property when another police car showed up. Both officers started looking around the property and then went to the front door. They knocked and knocked. An older couple lived there and had for over 20 years. The more we watched, the more I started thinking this had turned into a welfare check. My husband was still asleep but I woke him up to ask when he had seen the couple last. The man had just taken his flag in the house within the last week, so it had not been that long. My husband got up and dressed and all of us stayed in the kitchen watching out the window. The police finally made entry into the house but almost immediately came back out. The next thing we know FIRE shows up, then MedStar. Something was definitely wrong. 😶

After a few minutes, MedStar pulls away, and then FIRE leaves. A red SUV pulls up and at first we thought it may have been family, but then saw the glint from the sun revealing firearms and badges. Detectives had made the scene. They started walking around the property and speaking with the officers. All of them entered the house gloved up. FIRE comes back and this time a couple of them had on respirators and tanks. Two more vehicles pulled up and when one of the doors opened, it said Tarrant County Sheriff. The other vehicle said medical examiner. They got out and immediately gloved up and stepped inside the house. They came back and out started videoing the property and taking more pictures. This went on for hours with all different scenarios playing through our heads, but one thing was certain and that our neighbors had been found deceased. 😔 Another vehicle pulls up and backs into the driveway. When the gurneys were pulled out, a wave of sadness came over me and I shed a few tears. It was heartbreaking to watch for all of us, especially my daughter.

 

Tears today

I was devastated to learn of a friend's unexpected and sudden passing from his dad today. 😔 He lived in Ramsey, Isle of Man and was only 43 years old. So young! It's been over twenty years since I signed up to be a member of a Titanic site that would lead me to a group of people, mostly across the pond, that shared my interest in the RMS Titanic. We would all hit the forums and post daily. There was a specific area called Cafe Parisien that was for the TT community and this is where we became friends. To name a few - Andy (moderator), Rose, Jo, Clayton, Matthew, Lynnet, Steven, Braniff, Hafizia, and I am sure there were a few others. So many years ago!!! So many memories. We lost Steven several years ago. My husband and I had planned a meet up to go eat lunch one weekend. It was to be us, Steven and Braniff. We were going to meet at Bennigan's. Then news comes to us that Steven had been in a car accident and didn't make it. We never got to meet for lunch. The site is no longer and Andy went on to do other things. A few of us managed to reconnect via Facebook and have kept in contact since.

Needless to say, the things I thought I was going to get done today didn't get done. My heart has been heavy. Matthew and I were messaging back and forth after the Texas Rangers won the World Series. That was an awesome day. We messaged after Christmas and he was sharing his statistics for rugby.  When the Dallas Cowboys lost, he immediately started in with the crazy memes. LOL! He was so smart and funny. Autism was something that Matthew and my daughter had in common and he was amazing with stats!!! I am going to miss his messages.

 

 

It's hard to process. I have so many people that I have met online through the years that I call friends. Probably more so than in real life, actually. Prayers and condolences to my friend's family in this time of need. May God keep you all and comfort you. 💗