A Salute to a Brave & Modest Nation : CANADA

Today I was invited to a FaceBook group called “The Amazing Race:Canada” – the idea of this facebook group was to get as many Canadians to join, there are similar groups for Britian and the USA.  The goal was to reach X amount of people in the group by a certain date, and ahead of the other countries participating.

On the ‘wall’ of the group, there was a link to the story below.  It is ‘thank you’ to Canada, who is always a thankless participant in many of the world’s conflicts.  Please take a moment to read it.  Thank you.

Facebook Dilemma

I got a friend request and a message from someone I just don’t know.  I spent a few minutes reading over their profile – no clues.  I looked at their friends – no mutual friends.

The person sent me a quick little message, and the personal information in the message shows me that they have the right person, but I just don’t know them – or remember them as the case may be.

I’m intrigued that I made enough of an impact in this person’s life to warrant a message above and beyond the usual friend request.

Should I be their friend in hopes that something will jog my memory, or decline the friend request.  . . . .Would it be worse to be ignored, or not remembered?

Sad News from Home

I just got out of the bathtub, I needed some time to think and soak. I soaked until my fingers were painful clenched pruns. Before my cool down bath I was speaking to my Mom on MSN messenger, she sad she had some bad news to tell me.

One of the girls across the street, “A”, someone I had danced with since she was 4 was in a serious car accident on Saturday night. She is still currently in the ICU coming in and out of consciousness. Thankfully, if i can be thankful, this conversation was about an injury and not a death.

One of the errie things is logging onto her page on Facebook, seeing pictures from her recent 21st birthday and then to see all the warm and concerning well wishes along side pictures from St Patrick’s day festivities that she had been ‘tagged’ in, at the time those pictures were posted no one really knew about the accident. . . .

The details are limited and sketchy at this time, apparently a car broadsided them going, what police believe, was over 150KM. A was thrown from the car and when rescue workers came, they said she was found more than 200 feet from the car.

I don’t know the conditions of the driver or the other boy in the car. A was the most seriously injured – a broken neck, shattered knee, crushed ribs.
The car that broadsided them was not the mangled wreak it had created in the car that A was driving it, it was still in drivable condition. Which is what it did – drive away. The lowlife cock-sucking pukes left those kids in dire need of medical attention lying in their own pools of blood. What sort of creature does that? My heart aches for A right now and at the same time I have a burning rage towards the fckers who didnt look back. Do they have no conscious? Did they think about what they were doing?

Colin and I saw the tail end of a single car accident on Friday, and we stopped. . .  . .how could we not stop?  I can’t imagine just driving past.   Shouldn’t it be human nature to want to help each other out?

Sadly, A’s family are no strangers to tragedy, just a few short years ago they suffered the kind of loss you only read about. A’s father was murdered. Something so needless and tragic rarely happens in our sleepy little town, and it was quite a shake up. If the rumours surrounding his cause of death hold any truth, the story would certainly make for a great television crime drama.

So with all that being said, I wish A and A’s family all the love, support, compassion and understanding that they need at this time. My thoughts love and prayers will be with them.

My sister plans on going over tomorrow to see her, and my mom is going to go across the street to see if her mom needs anything done.

I will update as details become available.

***Update March 21st****

Article from The Milton Canadian Champion

OPP officers are looking for a vehicle that took off from the scene of a serious collision early Sunday morning on Hwy. 401.

Officers from the Port Credit detachment are looking for a black Acura or similar vehicle that struck the back of an SUV traveling westbound on the 401, just east of Guelph Line, around 3 a.m.

The SUV lost control and struck the left centre concrete barrier, throwing a female backseat passenger from the vehicle.

The woman remains in stable condition in hospital.

The male driver and front male passenger weren’t injured.

The car involved will have damage to the front driver’s side, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call (905) 278-6131.

****Update March 21st****

From Facebook

• GET WELL “A” GROUP As we all know, our good friend A has been in a horrific car accident recently. This group is for those who wish to pay there respects and wishes to our beloved friend A, to comment on how much we love her and that we all want her to get well soon. Milton has been through a lot recently, and someone was deffinalty looking after her. Just write down whatever it is that you’d like and she will see this as soon as she is well enough.

• NOW I BELIEVE by AA    When i first hear about what happened i was so upset, how could this happen to such an amazing girl. When me and S first got to the Hospital were very nervious to see her thinking the worst. I am not lying when i tell you this she does not have even a scrach on her beautiful face no neck or back trama, she def had her Dad and Adam holding her head when she flew out the car, when i think about it, it brings tears to my eyes i can’t belive it. I now belive in angels!Love you so much A i hold you so close to my heart you are like my sister, i thank Brian and Adam for keeping you here with us it wasen’t you time!!

****Update March 26****

A is still not home.

Facing the Music

At the end of last year I got a huge number of hits one day from a website called ‘facebook’ – I tried to click on the link that was bringing in all the traffic but it kept telling me I had to sign up to see.

I decided that I was so curious what was being linked from my blog, I signed up.

I ‘poked’ the person in question, she was linking my VANILLA MINI WHEATS entry.

My Facebook account laid dorment. About 2 weeks ago I got a huge stack of emails from said website telling me people from my past wanted to be my friend and reconnect.

I logged back on to see who had marked me as their friend. Its absoutly a riot to see the people who have come out of the wood work on that site. Better than ‘classmates’ (less spam), and along the same lines of ‘MySpace’.

The biggest difference between Facebook and MySpace is that you are asked if you actually know the person – and you have the option to say where you know ther person (such as you went to highschool together, or the person is your cousin). And if you don’t know them, and choose that option it say “then why are you friends with? Delete?”
I think the most surreal part of Facebook thus far has been the kids who have messaged me about being friends. When I say kids I use the term loosely. I’m talking kids I used to teach dance to when they were 6 (They are all finishing High School now), or a couple of kids I used to babysit (Who are done univerisity and are on the cuspe of starting their careers).  I’m not sure how this all makes me feel.  Good in one way, because obviously I must have been a cool teacher and babysitter – so no permenant scarring of any kind.  Of course I do have that feeling of being in an advanced state of aging – and I’m not even 30 yet. . . .

Also, I’ve spoken to a few people who I darn near thought fell off the face of the earth. . .

All in all I’ve enjoyed my walk down memory lane.. . .

Have you looked into Facebook?