Bad news and good news day....

Bad news-- one of my nieces was killed yesterday. A drunk driver, going 80 mph,
ran onto the sidewalk and struck her as she was walking down the street. She
had just turned 18 a couple of months ago. Her mother and two of her siblings
flew out to Arizona to take care of matters there. My mother called and told me
this morning.

Good news-- my creep of a little brother (the one in Iraq) finally got around
to calling my mother and letting her know that he's really OK. Running over the
land mine "just shook him up a little".... He also said he had gotten the
package I sent, but didn't comment as to whether or not the contents were
anything he needed/wanted/wanted more of.... The only thing he did say he would
like are clothes and small toys for the local children. Nice that he's so
unselfish, but he's still a creep for not communicating with our mother, at
least, in a more timely manner.
Kaytee
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Oh Kaytee, I am so sorry to hear the news about your niece. Well wishes for
all of you.
As for your Bro--FINALLY! give him a kick in the pants for us when he
finally comes home--then let him explain about how hard it is to get any
kind of communication to the States. Remember--kick first, talk later.

--
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"Kaytee" wrote in message
...
Bad news-- one of my nieces was killed yesterday. A drunk driver, going 80
mph,
ran onto the sidewalk and struck her as she was walking down the street.
She
had just turned 18 a couple of months ago. Her mother and two of her
siblings
flew out to Arizona to take care of matters there. My mother called and
told me
this morning.

Good news-- my creep of a little brother (the one in Iraq) finally got
around
to calling my mother and letting her know that he's really OK. Running
over the
land mine "just shook him up a little".... He also said he had gotten the
package I sent, but didn't comment as to whether or not the contents were
anything he needed/wanted/wanted more of.... The only thing he did say he
would
like are clothes and small toys for the local children. Nice that he's so
unselfish, but he's still a creep for not communicating with our mother,
at
least, in a more timely manner.
Kaytee
"Simplexities" on
www.eclecticbeadery.com

I am so sorry to hear about your niece. What a devastating thing for the
family. I hope the drunk driver is thrown under the jail.

I know how difficult it is to get time to call. Maybe your brother just
couldn't get to speak for whatever reasons. He could have been out on recon
or whatever. Give him the benefit of a doubt.

--
Starlia Klopman
www.klopmanstudios.com


"Kaytee" wrote in message
...
Bad news-- one of my nieces was killed yesterday. A drunk driver, going 80
mph,
ran onto the sidewalk and struck her as she was walking down the street.
She
had just turned 18 a couple of months ago. Her mother and two of her
siblings
flew out to Arizona to take care of matters there. My mother called and
told me
this morning.

Good news-- my creep of a little brother (the one in Iraq) finally got
around
to calling my mother and letting her know that he's really OK. Running
over the
land mine "just shook him up a little".... He also said he had gotten the
package I sent, but didn't comment as to whether or not the contents were
anything he needed/wanted/wanted more of.... The only thing he did say he
would
like are clothes and small toys for the local children. Nice that he's so
unselfish, but he's still a creep for not communicating with our mother,
at
least, in a more timely manner.
Kaytee
"Simplexities" on
www.eclecticbeadery.com

In article , "starlia"
writes:

I know how difficult it is to get time to call. Maybe your brother just
couldn't get to speak for whatever reasons. He could have been out on recon
or whatever. Give him the benefit of a doubt.

He hadn't written to her, nor e-mailed, either. She got messages second or
third hand from other people he did manage to send at least a couple of terse
paragraphs. He's not much for writing-- even in Boot Camp when it was almost
all there was to do with your leisure time. No recon, either-- he is "bomb
squad", so he sits around "on call", except when he has escort runs or an
actual dis-arming task (hasn't had a real one yet-- only training/practice
ones).
Kaytee
"Simplexities" on
www.eclecticbeadery.com

Kaytee

18 and her life is gone .....
how sad -- I hope they put the driver in jail for a long, long time....
though I know that won't take away the family's pain....

as for your brother -- it can be very difficult in some areas to get
communication home.... perhaps he just has not been able to get through...

it's nice to think that he is actually trying to help over there...
though for the most part, I really don't think the people there care about our
help.... and would rather kill us or have us leave.
The guys I know who have been there realized that the locals really just take
such "gifts" from our people more as we "owe it to them" than an act of helping
out of love and charity.....
Though the littlest children, the innocent ones, certainly deserve any help
they can get -- the older ones (old enough to speak and learn) have already
learned that American's are evil and bad.....
sad....

Cheryl
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In article ,
eads (Cheryl) writes:

it's nice to think that he is actually trying to help over there...
though for the most part, I really don't think the people there care about
our help.... and would rather kill us or have us leave.
The guys I know who have been there realized that the locals really just take
such "gifts" from our people more as we "owe it to them" than an act of
helping out of love and charity.....
Though the littlest children, the innocent ones, certainly deserve any help
they can get

He likes kids, so I'm sure that has something to do with wanting to help them.
He says the boys run around naked until they're about 12-- of course, in
summer, that makes sense. The children are grateful for little presents, no
matter what their parents and older sibs think. I've e-mailed an Iraqi ex-pat
(Kurd) to see if he knows what kind of winter the area has-- I figure by the
time a package gets there, it'll be cooling off some and those boys will need
to be more than sky-clad. I'll probably go to Party City and get a few packs of
party favor type little toys, and to Target for some hair gew-gaws for the
girls (and brushes-- he says the girls/women don't brush their hair and it's
all matted up). I think I'll make up some plastic bead necklaces, too... good
way to get rid of the things, now that I'm not doing much in the way of "kids'
jewelry".


Kaytee
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www.eclecticbeadery.com

Thanks, all, for the messages. Still waiting for my sister-in-law to get back,
to hear what/when any sort of memorial will occur. Don't know the driver of
the car-- s/he was arrested, but.... Usually when something like this happens,
it's not the first time there was a DWI, so I guess it will be up to the DA how
well the case is prosecuted. My SIL certainly can't afford a lawyer, and can't
afford the time or money to run back and forth to AZ for multiple court
appearances, so if the person has a relatively competent lawyer, it's likely
s/he will be driving again, all too soon, with or without a licence.
Kaytee
"Simplexities" on
www.eclecticbeadery.com

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:34:12 +0000, Kaytee wrote:

Thanks, all, for the messages. Still waiting for my sister-in-law to get back,
to hear what/when any sort of memorial will occur. Don't know the driver of
the car-- s/he was arrested, but.... Usually when something like this happens,
it's not the first time there was a DWI, so I guess it will be up to the DA how
well the case is prosecuted. My SIL certainly can't afford a lawyer, and can't
afford the time or money to run back and forth to AZ for multiple court
appearances, so if the person has a relatively competent lawyer, it's likely
s/he will be driving again, all too soon, with or without a licence.
Kaytee
"Simplexities" on
www.eclecticbeadery.com

It's disgusting the way the Justice System works (or rather doesn't work!)
in many countries! However, there is Higher Justice, and no one will get
around that - even if it takes a few years! May they get what is coming
to them and then some!

Condolences to your SIL, Kaytee and to you and the rest of your family.

Mavis

I'm so sorry, Kaytee. That is sickening.
~~
Sooz
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~~Joseph Chilton
Pearce

I'm so sorry to hear of the loss to you and your family.

Carla

Kaytee wrote:

Bad news-- one of my nieces was killed yesterday. A drunk driver, going 80 mph,
ran onto the sidewalk and struck her as she was walking down the street. She
had just turned 18 a couple of months ago. Her mother and two of her siblings
flew out to Arizona to take care of matters there. My mother called and told me
this morning.

Good news-- my creep of a little brother (the one in Iraq) finally got around
to calling my mother and letting her know that he's really OK. Running over the
land mine "just shook him up a little".... He also said he had gotten the
package I sent, but didn't comment as to whether or not the contents were
anything he needed/wanted/wanted more of.... The only thing he did say he would
like are clothes and small toys for the local children. Nice that he's so
unselfish, but he's still a creep for not communicating with our mother, at
least, in a more timely manner.
Kaytee
"Simplexities" on
www.eclecticbeadery.com