NOT ONLY DID I LOSE MY FIRST BORN SON, I LOST MY BABY SON TOO

by PAULA OVERSTREET
(RANGE,ALABAMA USA)

IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS APART, I LOST TWO SONS IN TWO DIFFERENT BUT YET ALCOHOL RELATED ACCIDENTS.JEREMY AND ALAN OVERSTREET AGES 22 YEARS OLD AND 16 YEARS YOUNG. I WILL NEVER GET OVER THE DEATHS OF MY CHILDREN. MY WHOLE WORLD FELL APART. DEPRESSION SET IN AND I SOMETIMES JUST SLIP RIGHT BACK IN DEPRESSION MODE IF SOMETHING TRIGGERS MY MEMORIES. JEREMY WAS DRINKING AND DRIVING AND HE DIED 4 DAYS AFTER HIS WRECK. JEREMY SUFFERED SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE AND HE LOST HIS RIGHT EYE.JEREMY WAS ON HIS WAY HOME TO GET SHOWER TO GO TO A FRIENDS BIRTHDAY PARTY. JEREMY AND A GIRL NAMED JESSE WERE DRINKING, LAUGHING, HAVING A GOOD TIME WHEN WRECK OCCURRED ON A COLD DAY OCT.2ND,2004 JEREMY WAS TRAVELING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED, LOST CONTROL OF HIS Z-71 PICKUP TRUCK IN A SHARP CURVE, THE TRUCK FLIPPED THREE TIMES AND HIT A HUGE TREE. JEREMY WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. JESSE ONLY RECEIVED MINOR BRUSIES AND SCRATCHES.JEREMY 'S INJURIES TOOK HIS LIFE FOUR DAYS LATOR. WE BURIED OUR FIRST BORN SON ONE MONTH AFTER HIS 22ND BIRTHDAY.ONE YEAR EIGHT MONTHS LATER, I GET ANOTHER CALL- THEY SAID ALAN WAS IN BAD WRECK, I NEEDED TO HURRY TO HOSPITAL, I PANICED I FROZE, I WAS BEGGING, PLEASE GOD DONT TAKE MY ALAN, PLEASE DONT TAKE MY BABY SON TOO. ALAN WAS RIDEING WITH A FRIEND, THE FRIEND WAS DRINKING AND DRIVING. ALAN WAS SOBER. THE DRIVER LIVED WITH ONLY MINOR INJURIES, MY BABY SON ALAN WHO JUST TURNED 16 YEARS OLD DIED SHORTLY AFTER WRECK. ALAN WAS ALSO EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE, AND THE TRUCK LANDED PARTIALLY ON MY SONS YOUNG INNOCENT BODY.I LOST TWO SONS IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS APART DUE TO TWO DIFFERENT ALCOHOL RELATED WRECKS.PLEASE DONT DRINK AND DRIVE. MY HEART ACHES AND ACHES FOR MY BOYS DAILEY. I SOMETIMES FEEL I CANT GO ON ANOTHER DAY WITHOUT THEM IN IT.THE HOLIDAYS ARE THE WORST. PLEASE TELL MY STORY TO OTHERS IN HOPES TO PREVENT SOMEONE FROM DRINKING AND DRIVING. POST THIS ON EVER DRINKING AND DRIVING PAGE,LINK,ECT. PLEASE HELP ME TO REACH THE YOUNG TEENS THAT DONT THINK IT CAN HAPPEN TO THEM, BUT IT CAN. IN A BLINK OF AN EYE, YOUR WHOLE WORLD COULD FALL APART.PLEASE THINK BEFORE YOUY DRINK. PLEASE DONT DRINK AND DRIVE. GOD BLESS THIS MESSAGE TO REACH THE ONES INTENED. SAVE A LIFE-DONT TAKE A LIFE....ITS A CHOICE, PLEASE MAKE THE RIGHT ONE......DRINKING AND DRIVING KILLS. MY FAMILY WAS FROM GROVE HILL, ALABAMA. MY CHILDREN ATTENDED CLARKE PREP SCHOOL, JEREMY GRADUATED THERE, ALAN NEVER MADE IT TO GRADUATE... JEREMYS NICKNAMES WERE MAN-MAN BY FAMILY, GOMU-BY FRIENDS... ALANS NICKNAME WAS ALLEY-CAT BY FAMILY, LITTLE GOMU BY FREINDS........ALAN WAS A TWIN, HE LEFT BEHIND HIS BEAUTIFUL SISTER ASHLEY. NICKNAME-TUDY-. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY SONS, PLEASE HEED THE WARNINGS OF DRINKING AND DRIVING...FRIENDS DONT LET FRIENDS DRIVE DRUNK.... IF U MUST DRINK, PLEASE HAVE A DESIGNATED DRIVER......HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON. GOD BLESS THIS MESSAGE, LOVE PAULA GIBSON OVERSTREET-MOTHER- MY TWO SONS ARE SO VERY MUCH MISSED AND LOVED BY SO MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS...... THANKS FOR READING,PLEASE REPOST-PAULA OVERSTREET