I asked Patricia if I could Share her Brother Victor’s story  with you this is FACT not Fiction. So Please read and go to Victor’s Site to see what a great person Victor was and just made one bad choice that affected his life and others.

>Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:30:25 -0500
>From: "Patricia Powell" >   I only have one daughter, Katherine Suzanne. She
>   turned 31 this past november. Her family calls her
>   Suzanne, her husband calls her Katy and all her
>   friends call her Kat. LOL. I was married at the
>   tender age of 17 and was a mother before I turned
>   18. She has blessed us with a granddaughter Samantha
>   Leigh who turned 10 this past august. They grow up
>   so fast too. I told her that one day she would be
>   too interested in her friends to have anything to do
>   with grandma anymore and she told me that she would
>   never be too busy for me. I hope that's true because
>   she's probably the only grandchild I'll ever have. I
>   love them both to pieces.
>
>   I was 6 years old when my brother Victor was born. I
>   felt more like a little mommy to him than a sister.
>   Helping momma with all the mommy things made me
>   closer to him I guess and all through out his young
>   life, I always wanted to be protective of him. I
>   miss him so much, even though it's been 18 long
>   years, I miss him as much today as I did when we
>   lost him.
>
>   Victor was at a party with a friend. When he and his
>   friend went to leave, they realized that their ride
>   had already left so they began to walk home. Two
>   guys who Victor and his friend had only met at the
>   party offered them a ride, so they climbed into the
>   back seat. The guy driving had been drinking from
>   the party (which I guess they all had been, it was a
>   party). But he should have never been driving that
>   night (and Victor should have never climbed into
>   that car). He started speeding going 85mph in a
>   35mph speed zone. Swerving and speeding while all 3
>   guys were pleading with him to slow down. I can only
>   imagine what was going through my brother's mind at
>   that time. Needless to say the guy flipped the car
>   throwing all four of them out and the car landed on
>   Victor. Ironically, where the car wrecked was at the
>   entrance to a nearby hospital. The driver Scott and
>   his friend managed to walk to the hospital for
>   treatment while my brother and his friend lay
>   helpless and dying. It just breaks my heart to think
>   of what took place and that these 2 guys didn't say
>   anything about the other 2 laying out there helpless
>   until after they were treated. It could have meant
>   the difference between whether Victor lived or died
>   that night as well. Scott got a slap on the wrist, a
>   little community service and court cost. No time in
>   jail. Just the short time he spent there right after
>   the wreck until his dad bailed him out. Then 2 weeks
>   later he was drinking and driving again. What a
>   shame, he said he was messed up in the head because
>   of the wreck. We have never heard from him in all
>   the 18 years since Victor's death. Not so much as
>   I'm sorry or a card or phone call. Nothing. I have
>   always wanted to talk to him face to face. But I
>   know that will probably never happen. I wonder how
>   he's gotten on with his life and if he ever thinks
>   about what he has done. Maybe, maybe not. I don't
>   know, but I do know alot of time has passed and I
>   think in my heart I have forgiven him, but I'll
>   never forget. That would be a gift I would treasure
>   would be to just sit down and talk to him. To find
>   out what really took place that night and what he's
>   done with his life since then. To see if he made any
>   changes, to see if he even thinks about that night
>   and what he has done to our family. I wonder if he's
>   married and has kids. I just would love to talk to
>   him one day. Just talk, you know?
>

 If we could only turn back the clock. But then we would mess up God's great plan I guess.

God Bless Always, Patricia

 The url:

 https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/treasuredthoughts/intro.html

Once there, simply look for the link on the left hand side of the page titled "The Wreck