An Unlikely Similarity - Bo & Matt

What do Matt Turner and Bo have in common?  Did they know each other?  Did their paths ever cross?  Probably not until they met in Heaven but the knowledge of Matt's accident had a major impact on my life ever since I heard about it.  I to did not know Matt other than he was a young man in the prime of  his life who worked for a local news station, he had a quick smile, lots of friends, a beautiful wife and baby, a mother and father and a family who loved him very much.

Since the news of Matt's death, I have become numb again, stuck in time to the day of Bo & Lori's accident.  Matt's accident was a one car accident involving a highway sign, no the less it was tragic, terrible and unchangeable.  Praying for his family this morning, I am paralyzed, stuck in the place in time when it was us who received that news.  I am transformed but time is so different now, standing in the shower, I can't breathe, my heart is beating so fast and it hurts that deep broken heart deep again.  D is not here to hold me and cry with me, the sounds of silence envelope the very air I am trying to force into my lungs, the pain is so powerful.  What about Matt's parents, his wife, his child ?  I know how they feel, people say it gets bearable with time and it does at times and then someone young person in the prime of their life is cut down by war or by accident and it rushes back and cuts you at your knees.

No, today is not about me it's about praying for, grieving for and lifting up Matt Turner and anyone else who is experiencing the loss of a loved one, but it is also never forgetting that long after the funeral, those of us who have buried our children and spouses continue to grieve and grieve deeply.  Some are able to move forward quicker than others, some may never step beyond the shadows of their grief, but it is our grief, there is no right or wrong way, just our way and as long as we are leaning on the arms of JESUS as our comforter we can and will survive.