The Alien Child called yesterday, saying he was heading home--or at least to this side of the mountains, a trip of over 300 miles. It’s not a holiday, not any kind of school break. Was he expelled? (Incomprehensible thought!) Did something go wrong?
Turns out a fraternity brother who had gone to Seattle for a football game got into a serious traffic accident (not his fault, it seems), is apparently non-responsive to stimuli, and is in a coma. The bond of friendship for my son is strong, and he takes seriously the vow to support his fraternity brothers, so he and some of the young men from the fraternity are now on this side of the mountains, sitting at the bedside of their friend at a Seattle hospital.
My heart is breaking for this young man’s family--how frightening and terrible to see their child so hurt, his life hanging by a thread. I’m praying for a miracle, that this boy will recover.
(sigh) It means that my kid will have a lot of school work to make up, and I hope his professor will let him take the test he missed. But, given the choice, I would rather he have the kindness of heart to go to the side of a critically injured friend than get a good grade. You can take a class over again, make up a test, but comforting and supporting others in need is time that can’t be made up.
Of course, this means I will worry about the trip back for him and his friends; we’ve had nasty weather lately, they might be in a distracted state of mind when they return home. I hope and pray they will remember to be safe, too.
--Karen H.
Turns out a fraternity brother who had gone to Seattle for a football game got into a serious traffic accident (not his fault, it seems), is apparently non-responsive to stimuli, and is in a coma. The bond of friendship for my son is strong, and he takes seriously the vow to support his fraternity brothers, so he and some of the young men from the fraternity are now on this side of the mountains, sitting at the bedside of their friend at a Seattle hospital.
My heart is breaking for this young man’s family--how frightening and terrible to see their child so hurt, his life hanging by a thread. I’m praying for a miracle, that this boy will recover.
(sigh) It means that my kid will have a lot of school work to make up, and I hope his professor will let him take the test he missed. But, given the choice, I would rather he have the kindness of heart to go to the side of a critically injured friend than get a good grade. You can take a class over again, make up a test, but comforting and supporting others in need is time that can’t be made up.
Of course, this means I will worry about the trip back for him and his friends; we’ve had nasty weather lately, they might be in a distracted state of mind when they return home. I hope and pray they will remember to be safe, too.
--Karen H.
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Everyone's in my thoughts and prayers...and I think the Child did the right thing, too, for the exact reasons you mentioned. Bless him.
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