HCG October 02 2008
The week has not been uneventful. As you know the first of presidential debates between Mr. McCain and Mr. Obama was held at Ole Miss this past Friday, and because of the debate, Thursday and Friday’s classes were canceled, giving the kids a four day weekend.
So, because of the debate, Grandson Garrett, a freshman at Ole Miss, left Wednesday afternoon to come back to Madison to see his folks, somewhere around Durant his car left the road and rolled over ten times…I don’t know who was counting, but there were lots of witnesses to the accident, one man told Angela, Garrett’s car looked like a crushed coke can. Garrett’s car thankfully did not roll in to the path of any other vehicles, his was the only car involved.
The first lady who got to him, happened to be a nurse, she asked Garrett his name…he didn’t know it...but he asked the lady if she would call his mother, he was able to tell her the phone number, but did not know his name, Bless his Heart……many kind people stopped to help Garrett.
Well, I was already out done with John McCain for saying he was not coming to Mississippi for the debate. We in Mississippi may not be up to snuff on the latest fads and fashions and we may not be as sophisticated as they are in McCain’s home state of Arizona or his place of employment, Washington DC ….but , we of the South, what we do know, is our manners and we know it is just rude, not to show up, when your hosts have gone to so much trouble, not to mention the expense.
What time you show up for a Mississippi event you have been invited to, well, that is another story, because, rules of etiquette differ depending on what part of Mississippi you happen to be in…. you can, I am told, show up late in the social circles of North Jackson, quite late in fact. However, here in Edwards we expect you to be on time, if you are late, we will be polite, but you run the risk of not being invited again.
When I got the news of Garrett accident, I stated out loud, “McCain better come to Mississippi or I am really going to be mad!” He did come, the debate took place, I did mean to watch, but I was exhausted and fell asleep. Why is it that sitting at a hospital, doing nothing, makes you so tired, and sitting on the front porch, doing nothing is so relaxing?
They brought Garrett back to Jackson, to the University Hospital Wednesday evening, Thursday morning, he went in to surgery, when I walked in to the hospital I did not know what I would find. Garrett is an only child, so I fully expected to find his mom and dad, crying, wringing their hands, and puddles of tears on the waiting room floor. But they weren’t… they were thankful, no news from the doctors put them in despair…Garrett was in surgery 5 hours, every update that came out of the surgery room, they were more thankful….he had an injured shoulder and his arm had to have a steel plate, it was broken so badly…Garrett may have to have another surgery…..But no matter, they smiled happily and thanked God.
Angela and Kenny had their boy…Their boy was broken and bruised…But, their boy was alive….Many mommies and daddies go to bed every night, their hearts filled with memories of a child that is no longer with them.
Love to all
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