so my wife was coming to Raleigh to meet some friends for dinner on Friday, when she came up on a big congestion point near the Wendell exit on 64. A sheriff's car caught fire and was burning. Fire engine there, a few sheriff cars and 2 staties, all blue lights flashing. She moved over to left lane, driving about 60. Two vehicles in front of her.... a car and behind the car, a motorcycle. The car slowed with the traffic, everyone rubbernecking to see the fire and all the hoo hah.
The biker turned as well, and missed the brakes slowing in front of him. He hit the car going about 60, while the car was almost stopped. Face planted into the back of the vehicle and rolled out into the median, where my wife had gone to avoid him. He was likely dead upon the first impact, but my wife rolled over him, certainly killing him if he was not already dead.
She is "ok" in that she had actually been praying for some friends when this came up, using as a template an old prayer by St Benedict (no we are not Catholics, but have a deep appreciation for church fathers), who prayed, addressing Satan said "in light of the cross of Christ, we command you to go away. Go drink your own poison which you are offering me." Guilt has no place with us. It is also true that it helped that the cops saw it all, and were eager to confirm (MULTIPLE TIMES) that "we saw this all.... You were NOT at fault. There was nothing you could do different. Nothing."
It is still a sober thing to end someone's life, even though as a nurse, she saw people die.
One thing is for sure. Carole did not think as she left that she would be a causal factor in ending a man's life. Nor did that guy hop on his bike thinking "I will die in a few minutes."
The old book says "your life is only a vapor." It also says that our inmost thoughts are that "my life is going to last a long, indeterminate time." True that. Serious stuff for me. Death sux. Life and joy win in the end. I wanna be on the winning team.
FWIW
The biker turned as well, and missed the brakes slowing in front of him. He hit the car going about 60, while the car was almost stopped. Face planted into the back of the vehicle and rolled out into the median, where my wife had gone to avoid him. He was likely dead upon the first impact, but my wife rolled over him, certainly killing him if he was not already dead.
She is "ok" in that she had actually been praying for some friends when this came up, using as a template an old prayer by St Benedict (no we are not Catholics, but have a deep appreciation for church fathers), who prayed, addressing Satan said "in light of the cross of Christ, we command you to go away. Go drink your own poison which you are offering me." Guilt has no place with us. It is also true that it helped that the cops saw it all, and were eager to confirm (MULTIPLE TIMES) that "we saw this all.... You were NOT at fault. There was nothing you could do different. Nothing."
It is still a sober thing to end someone's life, even though as a nurse, she saw people die.
One thing is for sure. Carole did not think as she left that she would be a causal factor in ending a man's life. Nor did that guy hop on his bike thinking "I will die in a few minutes."
The old book says "your life is only a vapor." It also says that our inmost thoughts are that "my life is going to last a long, indeterminate time." True that. Serious stuff for me. Death sux. Life and joy win in the end. I wanna be on the winning team.
FWIW