[MindieRose]

My son's friend April died in a car accident on Sunday night. She was 10. She had just been picked up by her dad for his last weekend with her before school starts. There was a drunk driver that crossed over and hit them head on. Her dad is seriously injured and she died on impact. This has affected all of us. She was in Gavin's (my son) class, but its a small school, so all of my kids knew her. I am taking Gavin to the visitation tomorrow. I don't know how I will hold up around her family. I tear up just thinking about it. I am really struggling with not having a lot of rage right now. I come from a lot of alcoholics, and Jason's (dh) mother is drinking again (supposedly quit for a couple of years after a bad drunk driving accident) now his sister is an alcoholic, well both of them I think now, and his brother in law. They all drive drunk daily. I think that anyone who drives drunk (or "buzzed") needs to be locked up for a long time, I dont care if its their first time or not. Or perhaps we need to bring caning to this country. I am soooo sick of selfish people right now. My stomach is just so sick over this.